Mechanic Falls vs Turner

A side-by-side comparison of Mechanic Falls and Turner: population, income, housing, and more.

Mechanic Falls and Turner are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mechanic Falls has the higher population (2,300 vs 543 in Turner). Turner has the higher median household income ($67,065 vs $50,169 in Mechanic Falls). Turner has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $197,700 in Mechanic Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Mechanic Falls	Turner
Population	2,300	543
Median age	38.7 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,169	$67,065
Median home value	$197,700	$229,000
Median gross rent	$1,160	—
Housing units	884	284
Homeownership rate	59.1%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mechanic Falls	Turner
Population	2,112 → 2,300 (+8.9%)	594 → 543 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$53,194 → $50,169 (-5.7%)	$87,174 → $67,065 (-23.1%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $197,700 (+83.7%)	$184,300 → $229,000 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,160 (+24.3%)	—

Mechanic Falls

Population

2,1122,300

Median household income

$53,194$50,169

Median home value

$107,600$197,700

Median gross rent

$933$1,160

Turner

Population

594543

Median household income

$87,174$67,065

Median home value

$184,300$229,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mechanic Falls	Turner
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.0%	2.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	20.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	42.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	22.1%
75 and over	4.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mechanic Falls	Turner
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	93.4%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.8%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mechanic Falls	Turner
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	49.3%	64.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mechanic Falls	Turner
Drove alone	82.3%	84.0%
Carpooled	0.8%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	9.4%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mechanic Falls	Turner
1-unit, detached	52.0%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	30.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mechanic Falls	Turner
Poverty rate	13.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.71	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1970	1981