Eagle Lake vs Oakfield

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

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

Oakfield has the higher population (464 vs 378 in Eagle Lake). Oakfield has the higher median household income ($46,719 vs $36,806 in Eagle Lake). Eagle Lake has the higher median home value ($102,800 vs $67,100 in Oakfield).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Lake	Oakfield
Population	378	464
Median age	63.4 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,806	$46,719
Median home value	$102,800	$67,100
Median gross rent	$613	$575
Housing units	297	262
Homeownership rate	66.1%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Lake	Oakfield
Population	465 → 378 (-18.7%)	517 → 464 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$32,917 → $36,806 (+11.8%)	$37,882 → $46,719 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $102,800 (+29.3%)	$71,000 → $67,100 (-5.5%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $613 (+63.5%)	$566 → $575 (+1.6%)

Eagle Lake

Population

465378

Median household income

$32,917$36,806

Median home value

$79,500$102,800

Median gross rent

$375$613

Oakfield

Population

517464

Median household income

$37,882$46,719

Median home value

$71,000$67,100

Median gross rent

$566$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Lake	Oakfield
Under 5	6.1%	2.2%
5 to 17	7.7%	8.6%
18 to 24	2.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	1.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	18.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	5.3%	20.0%
65 to 74	17.5%	28.9%
75 and over	29.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Lake	Oakfield
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Lake	Oakfield
No high school diploma	25.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	39.2%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Lake	Oakfield
Drove alone	57.5%	78.5%
Carpooled	1.4%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	11.0%
Other means	13.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Lake	Oakfield
1-unit, detached	74.4%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Lake	Oakfield
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1968	1956