Island Falls vs Oakfield

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

Island Falls 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 343 in Island Falls). Island Falls has the higher median household income ($53,523 vs $46,719 in Oakfield). Oakfield has the higher median home value ($67,100 vs $64,200 in Island Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Island Falls	Oakfield
Population	343	464
Median age	52.8 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,523	$46,719
Median home value	$64,200	$67,100
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	193	262
Homeownership rate	91.0%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Island Falls	Oakfield
Population	447 → 343 (-23.3%)	517 → 464 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$37,083 → $53,523 (+44.3%)	$37,882 → $46,719 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $64,200 (-15.4%)	$71,000 → $67,100 (-5.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$566 → $575 (+1.6%)

Island Falls

Population

447343

Median household income

$37,083$53,523

Median home value

$75,900$64,200

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)

	Island Falls	Oakfield
Under 5	1.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	8.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	2.6%
25 to 34	3.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	7.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	22.2%	20.0%
65 to 74	18.7%	28.9%
75 and over	6.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Island Falls	Oakfield
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.2%	1.5%
Asian	0.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Island Falls	Oakfield
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	41.4%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Island Falls	Oakfield
Drove alone	76.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	11.0%
Other means	2.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Island Falls	Oakfield
1-unit, detached	85.5%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Island Falls	Oakfield
Poverty rate	20.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1938	1956