Dunstan vs Steep Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Dunstan and Steep Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dunstan has the higher population (1,916 vs 1,720 in Steep Falls). Dunstan has the higher median household income ($97,632 vs $68,125 in Steep Falls). Dunstan has the higher median home value ($480,600 vs $241,000 in Steep Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Dunstan	Steep Falls
Population	1,916	1,720
Median age	56.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$97,632	$68,125
Median home value	$480,600	$241,000
Median gross rent	$1,722	$974
Housing units	1,007	636
Homeownership rate	65.1%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunstan	Steep Falls
Population	1,592 → 1,916 (+20.4%)	1,683 → 1,720 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$109,044 → $97,632 (-10.5%)	$88,015 → $68,125 (-22.6%)
Median home value	$394,500 → $480,600 (+21.8%)	$218,200 → $241,000 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,321 → $1,722 (+30.4%)	$1,359 → $974 (-28.3%)

Dunstan

Population

1,5921,916

Median household income

$109,044$97,632

Median home value

$394,500$480,600

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,722

Steep Falls

Population

1,6831,720

Median household income

$88,015$68,125

Median home value

$218,200$241,000

Median gross rent

$1,359$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunstan	Steep Falls
Under 5	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.7%	30.5%
18 to 24	13.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	7.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	3.1%	17.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	33.7%	20.8%
65 to 74	16.9%	8.5%
75 and over	5.9%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunstan	Steep Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunstan	Steep Falls
No high school diploma	0.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	22.0%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunstan	Steep Falls
Drove alone	75.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	2.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunstan	Steep Falls
1-unit, detached	59.8%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Dunstan	Steep Falls
Poverty rate	4.9%	16.1%
Average household size	1.93	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1993	1966