Cousins Island vs Little Falls

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

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

Little Falls has the higher population (735 vs 509 in Cousins Island). Little Falls has the higher median household income ($129,911 vs $121,250 in Cousins Island). Cousins Island has the higher median home value ($634,100 vs $358,700 in Little Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Cousins Island	Little Falls
Population	509	735
Median age	59.9 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$121,250	$129,911
Median home value	$634,100	$358,700
Median gross rent	—	$2,196
Housing units	198	239
Homeownership rate	94.9%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.4%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cousins Island	Little Falls
Population	451 → 509 (+12.9%)	958 → 735 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$135,227 → $121,250 (-10.3%)	$44,656 → $129,911 (+190.9%)
Median home value	$415,600 → $634,100 (+52.6%)	$177,500 → $358,700 (+102.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,190 → $2,196 (+0.3%)

Cousins Island

Population

451509

Median household income

$135,227$121,250

Median home value

$415,600$634,100

Little Falls

Population

958735

Median household income

$44,656$129,911

Median home value

$177,500$358,700

Median gross rent

$2,190$2,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cousins Island	Little Falls
Under 5	3.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	6.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	12.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.6%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	5.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	23.6%	19.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	8.7%
75 and over	21.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cousins Island	Little Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cousins Island	Little Falls
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	4.6%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	38.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cousins Island	Little Falls
Drove alone	64.0%	92.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cousins Island	Little Falls
1-unit, detached	100.0%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	33.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cousins Island	Little Falls
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.4%
Average household size	2.57	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1971	1986