Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Hollis is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 61st of 142 graded towns in Maine, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $96K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 63% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $431K, 4.7 years of the Portland metro’s $92K median household income. Hollis’ trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both Maine’s towns (0.7) and U.S. towns (0.4). Its National Register listings include Kate Douglas Wiggin House and Salmon Falls (West) Historic District. Only 8 of the 143 Maine towns we compare have a higher July high than Hollis.
Where Hollis beats most towns.
4,281 counted in 2010 and 4,745 in 2020; an estimated 5,003 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 5.4% since 2020, after 10.8% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Hollis is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,097 in 1800, a low of 1,034 in 1930, 4,745 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 3 maps from 1891 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hollis. Close and well known come first.
36 mi LakeLake Winnipesaukee
20 mi LighthousePortland Head Light
20 mi LandmarkFort Gorges
39 mi Scenic railwayConway Scenic Railroad
32 mi LighthouseCape Neddick Light
17 mi MuseumSeashore Trolley MuseumLake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Conway Scenic Railroad: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cape Neddick Light: Stefan Hillebrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seashore Trolley Museum: Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hollis, 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 Hollis.
Hollis gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
36 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Maynard F. Marsh Wildlife Management Area, 534 acres with 3.6 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Maynard F. Marsh Wildlife Management Area | 3.6 mi | 534 |
| 2. Indian Cellar Preserve | 2.2 mi | 65 |
| 3. Hollis Sports Complex | 0.9 mi | 64 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by RSU 06/MSAD 06. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollis SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 272 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Hollis for work: only 6% work in town. At 29 minutes, Hollis’ average trip to work is above both the Maine town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Hollis grew to 1,000 in 2023, 208 more than in 2013.
| Hollis | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 16% | 14% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Hollis weather station records that 81 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. The Hollis weather station records that about 7 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 90% of Maine places with climate records.
Hollis has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Hollis is 11°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (40% statewide); people 65 and older are 17% of residents (22% statewide). 16% of residents are under 18 in Hollis. Hollis has grown 5.4% since 2020, to 5,003 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Hollis | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 18% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 22% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 45 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.5 points. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Hollis | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.4% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.3% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.3% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.9% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.4% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.7% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.4% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.3% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.8% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Hollis since 2013.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 9,173 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hollis’s, it is less healthy than 57%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Hollis tracks Maine closely on all 32 CDC measures. 18% of Hollis adults binge drink.
| Hollis | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Hollis home is worth about $431,000, up 2.7% in a year, close to the Maine typical home. Hollis’ median rent is $1,372 a month.
| Hollis | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,372 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hollis
About 5 of every 100 Hollis residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maine.
Where Hollis’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Hollis on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Maine, United States
Hollis is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,745 at the 2020 census. Hollis is a rural bedroom community of Portland and is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
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6 towns share a border with Hollis.
All 5 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B; Limington (B) is closest.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollis | #61 | B | B | — | C+ | B |
| Dayton | — | — | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Buxton | #31 | A− | B− | A− | C+ | A− |
| Standish | #35 | B+ | B+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| Waterboro | #39 | B+ | B | — | B+ | B |
| Limington | #57 | B | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Lyman | #44 | B+ | B | — | B+ | B |
Dayton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hollis, Dayton, Standish, Waterboro, Limington and Lyman report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hollis with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Hollis grades B overall, better than 55% of U.S. towns and #61 of 142 in Maine. It grades B for health and C+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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