Limestone vs Mars Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Limestone and Mars Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Limestone and Mars Hill are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Limestone has the higher population (1,120 vs 934 in Mars Hill). Mars Hill has the higher median household income ($46,667 vs $39,667 in Limestone). Mars Hill has the higher median home value ($126,200 vs $91,500 in Limestone).

Population, income & housing

	Limestone	Mars Hill
Population	1,120	934
Median age	49.0 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,667	$46,667
Median home value	$91,500	$126,200
Median gross rent	$580	$475
Housing units	569	435
Homeownership rate	62.3%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Limestone	Mars Hill
Population	1,504 → 1,120 (-25.5%)	990 → 934 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$37,813 → $39,667 (+4.9%)	$43,182 → $46,667 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$73,100 → $91,500 (+25.2%)	$95,300 → $126,200 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $580 (-28.9%)	$586 → $475 (-18.9%)

Limestone

Population

1,5041,120

Median household income

$37,813$39,667

Median home value

$73,100$91,500

Median gross rent

$816$580

Mars Hill

Population

990934

Median household income

$43,182$46,667

Median home value

$95,300$126,200

Median gross rent

$586$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Limestone	Mars Hill
Under 5	2.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	21.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.1%
75 and over	6.9%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Limestone	Mars Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	97.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Limestone	Mars Hill
No high school diploma	9.3%	12.9%
High school graduate	33.7%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Limestone	Mars Hill
Drove alone	80.7%	57.1%
Carpooled	4.3%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Limestone	Mars Hill
1-unit, detached	64.1%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	18.4%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Limestone	Mars Hill
Poverty rate	16.7%	15.9%
Average household size	2.07	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1956	1963