Blaine vs Eagle Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Blaine and Eagle Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Blaine and Eagle Lake are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eagle Lake has the higher population (378 vs 225 in Blaine). Eagle Lake has the higher median home value ($102,800 vs $86,600 in Blaine). Since 2019, Blaine's population has grown faster (-7.8% vs -18.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Blaine	Eagle Lake
Population	225	378
Median age	50.3 yrs	63.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$36,806
Median home value	$86,600	$102,800
Median gross rent	$673	$613
Housing units	104	297
Homeownership rate	78.4%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blaine	Eagle Lake
Population	244 → 225 (-7.8%)	465 → 378 (-18.7%)
Median household income	—	$32,917 → $36,806 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $86,600 (-2.5%)	$79,500 → $102,800 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $673 (-12.3%)	$375 → $613 (+63.5%)

Blaine

Population

244225

Median home value

$88,800$86,600

Median gross rent

$767$673

Eagle Lake

Population

465378

Median household income

$32,917$36,806

Median home value

$79,500$102,800

Median gross rent

$375$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blaine	Eagle Lake
Under 5	0.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	7.7%
18 to 24	12.9%	2.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	1.6%
35 to 44	3.1%	18.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	20.9%	5.3%
65 to 74	20.4%	17.5%
75 and over	3.1%	29.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blaine	Eagle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blaine	Eagle Lake
No high school diploma	11.9%	25.9%
High school graduate	38.4%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blaine	Eagle Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	57.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	27.4%
Other means	0.0%	13.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blaine	Eagle Lake
1-unit, detached	80.8%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Blaine	Eagle Lake
Poverty rate	4.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1978	1968