Bangor vs Millinocket

A side-by-side comparison of Bangor and Millinocket: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bangor has the higher population (31,663 vs 4,111 in Millinocket). Bangor has the higher median household income ($58,096 vs $42,936 in Millinocket). Bangor has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $86,500 in Millinocket).

Population, income & housing

	Bangor	Millinocket
Population	31,663	4,111
Median age	40.7 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,096	$42,936
Median home value	$206,300	$86,500
Median gross rent	$1,019	$555
Housing units	15,559	2,559
Homeownership rate	46.9%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangor	Millinocket
Population	32,095 → 31,663 (-1.3%)	4,287 → 4,111 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$46,625 → $58,096 (+24.6%)	$32,730 → $42,936 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$157,000 → $206,300 (+31.4%)	$60,700 → $86,500 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $1,019 (+24.9%)	$511 → $555 (+8.6%)

Bangor

Population

32,09531,663

Median household income

$46,625$58,096

Median home value

$157,000$206,300

Median gross rent

$816$1,019

Millinocket

Population

4,2874,111

Median household income

$32,730$42,936

Median home value

$60,700$86,500

Median gross rent

$511$555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangor	Millinocket
Under 5	4.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	10.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	20.9%
75 and over	8.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangor	Millinocket
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	99.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangor	Millinocket
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangor	Millinocket
Drove alone	71.2%	75.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	12.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	8.6%
Other means	1.6%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangor	Millinocket
1-unit, detached	39.5%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.1%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	7.2%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Bangor	Millinocket
Poverty rate	14.9%	24.8%
Average household size	2.10	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1955	1954