Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of St. Albans’ subject grades is a B for civic life; the weakest is a D for incomes. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in St. Albans, above both Maine’s towns (9%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Among 144 Maine towns, just 2 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than St. Albans. St. Albans's public schools trail 72% of Maine towns on state tests and graduation. The biggest park or preserve is Saint Albans Wildlife Management Area, at 514 acres. St. Albans has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where St. Albans beats most towns.
Where St. Albans’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 St. Albans is from typical.
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Census counts: 371 in 1820, a low of 371 in 1820, 2,045 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 4 maps from 1932 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Albans, 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 St. Albans.
The typical St. 85% of St. Albans households own their home, against 81% in Maine’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Albans home is worth about $229,000, about the same as a year ago, 44% below the Maine typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
20% of St. Albans adults smoke cigarettes. Albans beats the Maine average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 17% of St. Albans adults report frequent physical distress.
| St. Albans | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | St. Albans | ME |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 19.6% | 14.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.3% | 8.4% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.9% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave St. The average trip to work in St. Albans is 33 minutes. Since 2013, St. Albans has lost 58 jobs, to 109 in 2023.
| St. Albans | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
St. Albans’ July high is 79°F. Albans has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| St. Albans | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.2% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saint Albans Wildlife Management Area | 0.2 mi | 514 |
| 2. C. A' Batchelder Memorial Playground | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of St. Albans; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 St. Albans residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Town in Maine, United States
St. Albans or Saint Albans is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,045 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with St. Albans.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Albans | — | — | C | — | C | C− |
| Hartland | — | — | A− | — | C | C |
| Corinna | — | — | A− | — | C | D |
| Palmyra | — | — | A− | — | C | D− |
| Ripley | — | — | — | — | — | — |
St. Albans, Hartland, Corinna and Palmyra have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. St. Albans, Hartland, Corinna and Palmyra report no FBI crime data of their own. Ripley isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare St. Albans with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 3.9 years of the area's median household income ($58,179 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
St. 2 notable people were born here, including Alfred Dudley Turner and George Magoon.