Does Maine have the lowest median income in New England? | Fact brief

Maine has the lowest median household income in New England, census data shows.

Maine’s median household income is $71,773, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey estimates from 2019 to 2023. That’s below the nationwide median of $78,538.

Massachusetts has New England’s highest median household income at $101,341, followed by New Hampshire at $95,628, Connecticut at $93,760, Rhode Island at $86,372 and Vermont at $78,024.

Maine’s median household income ranks 34th among the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, according to Census Bureau data compiled by Data Commons, a census data aggregation site run by Google.

The District of Columbia has the nation’s highest median household income at $106,287; Puerto Rico has the lowest at $25,096.