Grand Isle vs Island Falls

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

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

Island Falls has the higher population (343 vs 244 in Grand Isle). Island Falls has the higher median household income ($53,523 vs $36,000 in Grand Isle). Grand Isle has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $64,200 in Island Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Isle	Island Falls
Population	244	343
Median age	61.0 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,000	$53,523
Median home value	$75,000	$64,200
Median gross rent	$510	—
Housing units	144	193
Homeownership rate	75.4%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Isle	Island Falls
Population	189 → 244 (+29.1%)	447 → 343 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $36,000 (+37.1%)	$37,083 → $53,523 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $75,000 (+41.8%)	$75,900 → $64,200 (-15.4%)
Median gross rent	$390 → $510 (+30.8%)	—

Grand Isle

Population

189244

Median household income

$26,250$36,000

Median home value

$52,900$75,000

Median gross rent

$390$510

Island Falls

Population

447343

Median household income

$37,083$53,523

Median home value

$75,900$64,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Isle	Island Falls
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	8.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	3.8%
35 to 44	5.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	23.8%	22.2%
65 to 74	18.9%	18.7%
75 and over	12.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Isle	Island Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	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+

	Grand Isle	Island Falls
No high school diploma	11.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	53.0%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Isle	Island Falls
Drove alone	92.9%	76.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Isle	Island Falls
1-unit, detached	79.2%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Grand Isle	Island Falls
Poverty rate	15.2%	20.4%
Average household size	1.88	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1947	1938