Grand Isle vs Oakfield

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

Grand Isle 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 244 in Grand Isle). Oakfield has the higher median household income ($46,719 vs $36,000 in Grand Isle). Grand Isle has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $67,100 in Oakfield).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Isle	Oakfield
Population	244	464
Median age	61.0 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,000	$46,719
Median home value	$75,000	$67,100
Median gross rent	$510	$575
Housing units	144	262
Homeownership rate	75.4%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Isle	Oakfield
Population	189 → 244 (+29.1%)	517 → 464 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $36,000 (+37.1%)	$37,882 → $46,719 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $75,000 (+41.8%)	$71,000 → $67,100 (-5.5%)
Median gross rent	$390 → $510 (+30.8%)	$566 → $575 (+1.6%)

Grand Isle

Population

189244

Median household income

$26,250$36,000

Median home value

$52,900$75,000

Median gross rent

$390$510

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)

	Grand Isle	Oakfield
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	8.6%	8.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	5.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	23.8%	20.0%
65 to 74	18.9%	28.9%
75 and over	12.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Isle	Oakfield
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	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+

	Grand Isle	Oakfield
No high school diploma	11.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	53.0%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Isle	Oakfield
Drove alone	92.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Isle	Oakfield
1-unit, detached	79.2%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Grand Isle	Oakfield
Poverty rate	15.2%	5.4%
Average household size	1.88	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1947	1956