Cousins Island vs Standish

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

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

Cousins Island has the higher population (509 vs 344 in Standish). Cousins Island has the higher median home value ($634,100 vs $373,100 in Standish). Since 2019, Standish's population has grown faster (+57.1% vs +12.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cousins Island	Standish
Population	509	344
Median age	59.9 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,250	—
Median home value	$634,100	$373,100
Housing units	198	219
Homeownership rate	94.9%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.4%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cousins Island	Standish
Population	451 → 509 (+12.9%)	219 → 344 (+57.1%)
Median household income	$135,227 → $121,250 (-10.3%)	$18,580 → $56,645 (+204.9%)
Median home value	$415,600 → $634,100 (+52.6%)	$161,800 → $373,100 (+130.6%)

Cousins Island

Population

451509

Median household income

$135,227$121,250

Median home value

$415,600$634,100

Standish

Population

219344

Median household income

$18,580$56,645

Median home value

$161,800$373,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cousins Island	Standish
Under 5	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.1%	3.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	28.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	5.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	23.6%	8.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	30.2%
75 and over	21.8%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cousins Island	Standish
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	95.1%
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%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cousins Island	Standish
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	4.6%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	38.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cousins Island	Standish
Drove alone	64.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cousins Island	Standish
1-unit, detached	100.0%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	43.8%
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	Standish
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1971	1969