Casco vs Cousins Island

A side-by-side comparison of Casco and Cousins Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Casco and Cousins Island are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Casco has the higher population (573 vs 509 in Cousins Island). Cousins Island has the higher median home value ($634,100 vs $196,500 in Casco). Since 2019, Cousins Island's population has grown faster (+12.9% vs -12.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Casco	Cousins Island
Population	573	509
Median age	50.7 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$121,250
Median home value	$196,500	$634,100
Housing units	464	198
Homeownership rate	94.8%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Casco	Cousins Island
Population	653 → 573 (-12.3%)	451 → 509 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $29,167 (-36.9%)	$135,227 → $121,250 (-10.3%)
Median home value	$203,000 → $196,500 (-3.2%)	$415,600 → $634,100 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $933 (-5.9%)	—

Casco

Population

653573

Median household income

$46,250$29,167

Median home value

$203,000$196,500

Median gross rent

$992$933

Cousins Island

Population

451509

Median household income

$135,227$121,250

Median home value

$415,600$634,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Casco	Cousins Island
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	3.5%	6.1%
18 to 24	13.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	4.4%	5.7%
45 to 54	32.6%	5.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	23.6%
65 to 74	18.0%	13.8%
75 and over	1.4%	21.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Casco	Cousins Island
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Casco	Cousins Island
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	4.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	38.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Casco	Cousins Island
Drove alone	42.7%	64.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	44.0%	36.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Casco	Cousins Island
1-unit, detached	84.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Casco	Cousins Island
Poverty rate	26.9%	0.0%
Average household size	1.71	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1970	1971