Mars Hill vs Oakfield

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

Mars Hill and Oakfield 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 464 in Oakfield). Oakfield has the higher median household income ($46,719 vs $46,667 in Mars Hill). Mars Hill has the higher median home value ($126,200 vs $67,100 in Oakfield).

Population, income & housing

	Mars Hill	Oakfield
Population	934	464
Median age	54.1 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,667	$46,719
Median home value	$126,200	$67,100
Median gross rent	$475	$575
Housing units	435	262
Homeownership rate	55.5%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mars Hill	Oakfield
Population	990 → 934 (-5.7%)	517 → 464 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$43,182 → $46,667 (+8.1%)	$37,882 → $46,719 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $126,200 (+32.4%)	$71,000 → $67,100 (-5.5%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $475 (-18.9%)	$566 → $575 (+1.6%)

Mars Hill

Population

990934

Median household income

$43,182$46,667

Median home value

$95,300$126,200

Median gross rent

$586$475

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)

	Mars Hill	Oakfield
Under 5	7.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	10.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	20.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	28.9%
75 and over	21.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mars Hill	Oakfield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.5%
Asian	0.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mars Hill	Oakfield
No high school diploma	12.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	42.0%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mars Hill	Oakfield
Drove alone	57.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	22.8%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	11.0%
Other means	5.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mars Hill	Oakfield
1-unit, detached	63.2%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Mars Hill	Oakfield
Poverty rate	15.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1963	1956