Hallowell vs Oakland

A side-by-side comparison of Hallowell and Oakland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakland has the higher population (2,714 vs 2,570 in Hallowell). Hallowell has the higher median household income ($58,811 vs $44,846 in Oakland). Hallowell has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $142,800 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Hallowell	Oakland
Population	2,570	2,714
Median age	49.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,811	$44,846
Median home value	$266,700	$142,800
Median gross rent	$830	$932
Housing units	1,436	1,324
Homeownership rate	57.3%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hallowell	Oakland
Population	2,445 → 2,570 (+5.1%)	2,389 → 2,714 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$57,635 → $58,811 (+2.0%)	$57,794 → $44,846 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$192,000 → $266,700 (+38.9%)	$166,000 → $142,800 (-14.0%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $830 (-3.8%)	$817 → $932 (+14.1%)

Hallowell

Population

2,4452,570

Median household income

$57,635$58,811

Median home value

$192,000$266,700

Median gross rent

$863$830

Oakland

Population

2,3892,714

Median household income

$57,794$44,846

Median home value

$166,000$142,800

Median gross rent

$817$932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hallowell	Oakland
Under 5	1.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	9.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	19.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	17.8%	8.4%
75 and over	12.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hallowell	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hallowell	Oakland
No high school diploma	8.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	20.4%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hallowell	Oakland
Drove alone	78.6%	83.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hallowell	Oakland
1-unit, detached	57.8%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	21.9%
20 or more units	10.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Hallowell	Oakland
Poverty rate	12.0%	17.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1938	1974