Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Corinth gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $256K, 3.9 years of the Bangor metro’s $66K median household income. It grades C overall, 90th among Maine's 142 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 81% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. On the outdoors, just 5 of Maine’s 285 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Corinth has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Robyville Bridge and Corinth Village.
Where Corinth beats most towns.
Robyville BridgeWhere Corinth’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 Corinth is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 296 in 1820, a low of 296 in 1820, 2,900 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and a map from 1983 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Corinth, 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 Corinth.
21% of adults report frequent mental distress in Corinth, against 18% in Maine’s towns and 17% across U.S. towns. 30% of Corinth adults have been diagnosed with depression. Corinth beats the Maine average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12.
| Corinth | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Corinth | ME |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 13.6% | 10.7% |
| More smokers | 18.3% | 14.4% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 9.8% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by RSU 64/MSAD 64. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Central High School, with 303 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Community Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 488 | C− |
| Central High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 303 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
The median property tax bill is $1,381, against $3,036 across Maine, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
At $883 a month, Corinth’s median rent is where Maine’s towns sit at $1,108 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. The typical Corinth home is worth about $256,000, about the same as a year ago, 38% below the Maine typical home.
| Corinth | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $883 a month | $1,108 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 82% | 81% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Corinth for work: only 11% work in town. Corinth’s average trip to work is 30 minutes. Jobs based in Corinth grew to 512 in 2023, 113 more than in 2013.
| Corinth | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Corinth has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Corinth is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Among 143 Maine towns, just 6 have a lower trail density than Corinth.
| Corinth | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Corinth Town Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Corinth
About 3 of every 100 Corinth residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
3 places in Corinth on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Maine, United States
Corinth is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,900 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Corinth.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth | #90 | C | A | — | C | C− |
| Levant | #130 | D | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Exeter | — | — | A− | — | C− | D |
| Charleston | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Hudson | — | — | B+ | — | C | C− |
Exeter, Charleston and Hudson have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Corinth, Levant, Exeter, Charleston and Hudson report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Corinth with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Corinth grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #90 of 142 in Maine. It grades C− for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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 A.
2 notable people were born here, including Arthur R. Gould and Henrietta Gould Rowe.
