Eagle Lake vs Island Falls

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

Eagle Lake and Island Falls 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 343 in Island Falls). Island Falls has the higher median household income ($53,523 vs $36,806 in Eagle Lake). Eagle Lake has the higher median home value ($102,800 vs $64,200 in Island Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Lake	Island Falls
Population	378	343
Median age	63.4 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,806	$53,523
Median home value	$102,800	$64,200
Median gross rent	$613	—
Housing units	297	193
Homeownership rate	66.1%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Lake	Island Falls
Population	465 → 378 (-18.7%)	447 → 343 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$32,917 → $36,806 (+11.8%)	$37,083 → $53,523 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $102,800 (+29.3%)	$75,900 → $64,200 (-15.4%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $613 (+63.5%)	—

Eagle Lake

Population

465378

Median household income

$32,917$36,806

Median home value

$79,500$102,800

Median gross rent

$375$613

Island Falls

Population

447343

Median household income

$37,083$53,523

Median home value

$75,900$64,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Lake	Island Falls
Under 5	6.1%	1.7%
5 to 17	7.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	1.6%	3.8%
35 to 44	18.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	5.3%	22.2%
65 to 74	17.5%	18.7%
75 and over	29.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Lake	Island Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	8.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Lake	Island Falls
No high school diploma	25.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	39.2%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Lake	Island Falls
Drove alone	57.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	9.4%
Other means	13.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Lake	Island Falls
1-unit, detached	74.4%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Lake	Island Falls
Poverty rate	12.0%	20.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1968	1938