Mapleton vs Mars Hill

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

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

Mars Hill has the higher population (934 vs 582 in Mapleton). Mapleton has the higher median household income ($67,900 vs $46,667 in Mars Hill). Mapleton has the higher median home value ($152,500 vs $126,200 in Mars Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Mapleton	Mars Hill
Population	582	934
Median age	37.4 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,900	$46,667
Median home value	$152,500	$126,200
Median gross rent	$353	$475
Housing units	291	435
Homeownership rate	84.1%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mapleton	Mars Hill
Population	756 → 582 (-23.0%)	990 → 934 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$56,583 → $67,900 (+20.0%)	$43,182 → $46,667 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$135,200 → $152,500 (+12.8%)	$95,300 → $126,200 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $353 (-37.5%)	$586 → $475 (-18.9%)

Mapleton

Population

756582

Median household income

$56,583$67,900

Median home value

$135,200$152,500

Median gross rent

$565$353

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)

	Mapleton	Mars Hill
Under 5	12.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	10.0%
18 to 24	13.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.1%
75 and over	4.0%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mapleton	Mars Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mapleton	Mars Hill
No high school diploma	0.3%	12.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mapleton	Mars Hill
Drove alone	88.4%	57.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mapleton	Mars Hill
1-unit, detached	91.8%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	18.4%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Mapleton	Mars Hill
Poverty rate	8.9%	15.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	42	16
Median year structure built	1975	1963