menu
Data on this report is based on areas within the legal city boundary, outlined in black on the map. Any additional neighborhoods shown on the map are associated with the city by name and are included for reference only.

Gardiner, ME
Real Estate & Demographic Data






Gardiner profile


Living in Gardiner



Gardiner is a somewhat small city located in the state of Maine. With a population of 6,106 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gardiner is the 62nd largest community in Maine. Much of the housing stock in Gardiner was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Also of interest is that Gardiner has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Gardiner telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.52% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Gardiner has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gardiner a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Gardiner, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.67 minutes every day commuting to work.

Gardiner is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In terms of college education, Gardiner is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.68% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gardiner in 2022 was $35,701, which is middle income relative to Maine, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,804 for a family of four. However, Gardiner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Gardiner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gardiner residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Gardiner include English, Irish, French, German, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Gardiner is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.