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Dover-Foxcroft is a small town of 2,745 people in Piscataquis County, Maine. It's about 34 miles from Bangor, ME and 217 miles from Boston, MA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 25°F, with about 85 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $159k and rent runs about $909 a month.
2,745people
$159kTypical home
$909/moRent
79° / 25°Summer / winter
85"Snow
205Sunny days
141Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,745
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 328 people per sq mi
- 217 mi to Boston, MA
- 34 mi to Bangor, ME
- 34 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $159k (≈$1,001/mo)
- Median rent $909/mo
- Median household income $56k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 25°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 205 sunny days a year (53 totally clear)
- 160 cloudy days a year
- 43 of 90 winter days are gray
- 141 days a year with rain or snow
- 85" of snow a year
- 24 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 64 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (9 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (540 per 100k)
People
- Median age 37
- 33% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 34 mi to BGR airport
- 120 mi to PWM (major hub)
- 97 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1959
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 476 ft
- 49 mi to the ocean
- 26 mi to a big lake
- 16 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 31 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 20 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 39 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 40% of Maine districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 31 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 51 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 33 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Piscataquis County: R+29 in 2024
- Maine: D+7 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk