Madawaska vs Van Buren

A side-by-side comparison of Madawaska and Van Buren: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Madawaska has the higher population (2,960 vs 1,614 in Van Buren). Madawaska has the higher median household income ($42,708 vs $35,200 in Van Buren). Madawaska has the higher median home value ($157,400 vs $90,200 in Van Buren).

Population, income & housing

	Madawaska	Van Buren
Population	2,960	1,614
Median age	54.0 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,708	$35,200
Median home value	$157,400	$90,200
Median gross rent	$576	$596
Housing units	1,650	1,005
Homeownership rate	62.9%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madawaska	Van Buren
Population	2,769 → 2,960 (+6.9%)	1,683 → 1,614 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$34,053 → $42,708 (+25.4%)	$27,917 → $35,200 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $157,400 (+44.4%)	$74,400 → $90,200 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$497 → $576 (+15.9%)	$547 → $596 (+9.0%)

Madawaska

Population

2,7692,960

Median household income

$34,053$42,708

Median home value

$109,000$157,400

Median gross rent

$497$576

Van Buren

Population

1,6831,614

Median household income

$27,917$35,200

Median home value

$74,400$90,200

Median gross rent

$547$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madawaska	Van Buren
Under 5	5.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	5.9%	4.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	17.8%
65 to 74	16.7%	16.9%
75 and over	13.7%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madawaska	Van Buren
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madawaska	Van Buren
No high school diploma	7.0%	21.8%
High school graduate	40.6%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madawaska	Van Buren
Drove alone	78.9%	78.1%
Carpooled	15.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madawaska	Van Buren
1-unit, detached	52.0%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	31.8%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	7.3%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Madawaska	Van Buren
Poverty rate	18.9%	24.7%
Average household size	1.91	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	12	17
Median year structure built	1969	1957