Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Albion’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and history; the weakest is a D for incomes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 24 of Maine’s 285 towns do worse. Hussey-Littlefield Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places. Albion has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Albion beats most towns.
Hussey-Littlefield FarmWhere Albion’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Albion is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 924 in 1810, a low of 878 in 1900, 2,006 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 2014 and 3 maps from 1926 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Albion, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Albion.
Albion beats the Maine average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16. 12% of Albion adults binge drink, against 15% in Maine’s towns and 16% across U.S. towns. 18% of Albion adults report frequent physical distress.
| Albion | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Albion | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.1% | 15.5% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 26.3% | 14.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by RSU 49/MSAD 49. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 126 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
The typical Albion home is worth about $272,000, down 1.9% in a year, 34% below the Maine typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Albion for work: only 8% work in town. Albion’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, where Maine’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 18% of residents live below the poverty line in Albion.
| Albion | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 14% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Albion.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Albion has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Albion is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Albion | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Albion. Close and well known come first.
32 mi LandmarkFort Knox
33 mi MuseumFarnsworth Art Museum
22 mi MuseumMaine State Museum
11 mi MuseumColby College Museum of Art
35 mi National MonumentFrances Perkins National Monument25 mi Ski areaCamden Snow Bowl31 runs · 836 ft verticalFort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 3.0 · Maine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colby College Museum of Art: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frances Perkins National Monument: Robert Reed, NPS employee (per the same source), Public domain
3 within 15 miles of the center of Albion
About 2 of every 100 Albion residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
3 notable people were born in Albion.
Town in Maine, United States
Albion is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,006 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Albion.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion | — | — | B+ | — | C | D |
| Freedom | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Benton | #103 | C− | B+ | — | C | C |
| China | #17 | A− | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| Winslow | #88 | C | C | B+ | C+ | C |
| Unity | — | — | B+ | — | D | B− |
Albion and Unity have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Albion, Benton, China and Unity report no FBI crime data of their own. Freedom isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Albion with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
3 notable people were born here, including Elijah Parish Lovejoy and Owen Lovejoy.
