Madawaska vs Presque Isle

A side-by-side comparison of Madawaska and Presque Isle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Presque Isle has the higher population (8,736 vs 2,960 in Madawaska). Presque Isle has the higher median household income ($57,396 vs $42,708 in Madawaska). Madawaska has the higher median home value ($157,400 vs $142,400 in Presque Isle).

Population, income & housing

	Madawaska	Presque Isle
Population	2,960	8,736
Median age	54.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,708	$57,396
Median home value	$157,400	$142,400
Median gross rent	$576	$875
Housing units	1,650	4,568
Homeownership rate	62.9%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madawaska	Presque Isle
Population	2,769 → 2,960 (+6.9%)	9,116 → 8,736 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$34,053 → $42,708 (+25.4%)	$39,366 → $57,396 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $157,400 (+44.4%)	$115,400 → $142,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$497 → $576 (+15.9%)	$592 → $875 (+47.8%)

Madawaska

Population

2,7692,960

Median household income

$34,053$42,708

Median home value

$109,000$157,400

Median gross rent

$497$576

Presque Isle

Population

9,1168,736

Median household income

$39,366$57,396

Median home value

$115,400$142,400

Median gross rent

$592$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madawaska	Presque Isle
Under 5	5.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	15.4%
35 to 44	5.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	16.7%	12.8%
75 and over	13.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madawaska	Presque Isle
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madawaska	Presque Isle
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	40.6%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madawaska	Presque Isle
Drove alone	78.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	15.4%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madawaska	Presque Isle
1-unit, detached	52.0%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	7.3%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Madawaska	Presque Isle
Poverty rate	18.9%	15.6%
Average household size	1.91	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	12	15
Median year structure built	1969	1969