Chisholm vs Kingfield

A side-by-side comparison of Chisholm and Kingfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chisholm has the higher population (1,115 vs 583 in Kingfield). Chisholm has the higher median household income ($59,524 vs $36,648 in Kingfield). Kingfield has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $131,000 in Chisholm).

Population, income & housing

	Chisholm	Kingfield
Population	1,115	583
Median age	51.1 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,524	$36,648
Median home value	$131,000	$173,300
Median gross rent	$734	$633
Housing units	483	374
Homeownership rate	59.6%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chisholm	Kingfield
Population	1,513 → 1,115 (-26.3%)	627 → 583 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$56,020 → $59,524 (+6.3%)	$42,000 → $36,648 (-12.7%)
Median home value	$129,600 → $131,000 (+1.1%)	$122,000 → $173,300 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $734 (+31.5%)	$856 → $633 (-26.1%)

Chisholm

Population

1,5131,115

Median household income

$56,020$59,524

Median home value

$129,600$131,000

Median gross rent

$558$734

Kingfield

Population

627583

Median household income

$42,000$36,648

Median home value

$122,000$173,300

Median gross rent

$856$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chisholm	Kingfield
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	2.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	16.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	16.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	2.2%	6.5%
45 to 54	22.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.1%	26.9%
65 to 74	19.0%	14.4%
75 and over	13.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chisholm	Kingfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chisholm	Kingfield
No high school diploma	0.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	54.6%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chisholm	Kingfield
Drove alone	77.1%	67.8%
Carpooled	12.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chisholm	Kingfield
1-unit, detached	71.2%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Chisholm	Kingfield
Poverty rate	11.1%	22.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1968	1945