Chisholm vs Rangeley

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

Chisholm and Rangeley 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 532 in Rangeley). Chisholm has the higher median household income ($59,524 vs $29,231 in Rangeley). Rangeley has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $131,000 in Chisholm).

Population, income & housing

	Chisholm	Rangeley
Population	1,115	532
Median age	51.1 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,524	$29,231
Median home value	$131,000	$158,300
Median gross rent	$734	$624
Housing units	483	545
Homeownership rate	59.6%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chisholm	Rangeley
Population	1,513 → 1,115 (-26.3%)	672 → 532 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$56,020 → $59,524 (+6.3%)	$60,938 → $29,231 (-52.0%)
Median home value	$129,600 → $131,000 (+1.1%)	$126,800 → $158,300 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $734 (+31.5%)	$590 → $624 (+5.8%)

Chisholm

Population

1,5131,115

Median household income

$56,020$59,524

Median home value

$129,600$131,000

Median gross rent

$558$734

Rangeley

Population

672532

Median household income

$60,938$29,231

Median home value

$126,800$158,300

Median gross rent

$590$624

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chisholm	Rangeley
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	16.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	3.8%
35 to 44	2.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	22.0%	22.2%
55 to 64	8.1%	22.7%
65 to 74	19.0%	11.8%
75 and over	13.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chisholm	Rangeley
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chisholm	Rangeley
No high school diploma	0.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	54.6%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chisholm	Rangeley
Drove alone	77.1%	63.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chisholm	Rangeley
1-unit, detached	71.2%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chisholm	Rangeley
Poverty rate	11.1%	2.3%
Average household size	2.49	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1968	1951