Eagle Lake vs Mapleton

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

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

Mapleton has the higher population (582 vs 378 in Eagle Lake). Mapleton has the higher median household income ($67,900 vs $36,806 in Eagle Lake). Mapleton has the higher median home value ($152,500 vs $102,800 in Eagle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
Population	378	582
Median age	63.4 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,806	$67,900
Median home value	$102,800	$152,500
Median gross rent	$613	$353
Housing units	297	291
Homeownership rate	66.1%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
Population	465 → 378 (-18.7%)	756 → 582 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$32,917 → $36,806 (+11.8%)	$56,583 → $67,900 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $102,800 (+29.3%)	$135,200 → $152,500 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $613 (+63.5%)	$565 → $353 (-37.5%)

Eagle Lake

Population

465378

Median household income

$32,917$36,806

Median home value

$79,500$102,800

Median gross rent

$375$613

Mapleton

Population

756582

Median household income

$56,583$67,900

Median home value

$135,200$152,500

Median gross rent

$565$353

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
Under 5	6.1%	12.4%
5 to 17	7.7%	11.9%
18 to 24	2.6%	13.7%
25 to 34	1.6%	7.2%
35 to 44	18.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	5.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	17.5%	10.5%
75 and over	29.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
No high school diploma	25.9%	0.3%
High school graduate	39.2%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
Drove alone	57.5%	88.4%
Carpooled	1.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	6.7%
Other means	13.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
1-unit, detached	74.4%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Lake	Mapleton
Poverty rate	12.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	42
Median year structure built	1968	1975