Littlejohn Island vs Standish

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

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

Standish has the higher population (344 vs 95 in Littlejohn Island). Littlejohn Island has the higher median home value ($459,000 vs $373,100 in Standish). Since 2019, Littlejohn Island's population has grown faster (+82.7% vs +57.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Littlejohn Island	Standish
Population	95	344
Median age	63.6 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median home value	$459,000	$373,100
Housing units	153	219
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.4%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Littlejohn Island	Standish
Population	52 → 95 (+82.7%)	219 → 344 (+57.1%)
Median household income	$84,091 → $94,943 (+12.9%)	$18,580 → $56,645 (+204.9%)
Median home value	$290,600 → $459,000 (+57.9%)	$161,800 → $373,100 (+130.6%)

Littlejohn Island

Population

5295

Median household income

$84,091$94,943

Median home value

$290,600$459,000

Standish

Population

219344

Median household income

$18,580$56,645

Median home value

$161,800$373,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Littlejohn Island	Standish
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	28.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	54.7%	8.7%
65 to 74	37.9%	30.2%
75 and over	7.4%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Littlejohn Island	Standish
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	11.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Littlejohn Island	Standish
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	11.6%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	42.1%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	46.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Littlejohn Island	Standish
Drove alone	28.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	42.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Littlejohn 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

	Littlejohn Island	Standish
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.40	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1958	1969