Grand Isle vs Mapleton

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

Grand Isle 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 244 in Grand Isle). Mapleton has the higher median household income ($67,900 vs $36,000 in Grand Isle). Mapleton has the higher median home value ($152,500 vs $75,000 in Grand Isle).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Isle	Mapleton
Population	244	582
Median age	61.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,000	$67,900
Median home value	$75,000	$152,500
Median gross rent	$510	$353
Housing units	144	291
Homeownership rate	75.4%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Isle	Mapleton
Population	189 → 244 (+29.1%)	756 → 582 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $36,000 (+37.1%)	$56,583 → $67,900 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $75,000 (+41.8%)	$135,200 → $152,500 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$390 → $510 (+30.8%)	$565 → $353 (-37.5%)

Grand Isle

Population

189244

Median household income

$26,250$36,000

Median home value

$52,900$75,000

Median gross rent

$390$510

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)

	Grand Isle	Mapleton
Under 5	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 17	8.6%	11.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	13.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	7.2%
35 to 44	5.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	23.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	18.9%	10.5%
75 and over	12.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Isle	Mapleton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	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+

	Grand Isle	Mapleton
No high school diploma	11.4%	0.3%
High school graduate	53.0%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Isle	Mapleton
Drove alone	92.9%	88.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Isle	Mapleton
1-unit, detached	79.2%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Isle	Mapleton
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.9%
Average household size	1.88	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	42
Median year structure built	1947	1975