Dexter vs Howland

A side-by-side comparison of Dexter and Howland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dexter has the higher population (1,840 vs 1,208 in Howland). Dexter has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $48,021 in Howland). Dexter has the higher median home value ($153,200 vs $101,900 in Howland).

Population, income & housing

	Dexter	Howland
Population	1,840	1,208
Median age	51.8 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$48,021
Median home value	$153,200	$101,900
Median gross rent	$883	$941
Housing units	1,154	498
Homeownership rate	53.2%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dexter	Howland
Population	2,124 → 1,840 (-13.4%)	1,066 → 1,208 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$38,448 → $51,667 (+34.4%)	$40,096 → $48,021 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $153,200 (+59.6%)	$83,300 → $101,900 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $883 (+13.4%)	$728 → $941 (+29.3%)

Dexter

Population

2,1241,840

Median household income

$38,448$51,667

Median home value

$96,000$153,200

Median gross rent

$779$883

Howland

Population

1,0661,208

Median household income

$40,096$48,021

Median home value

$83,300$101,900

Median gross rent

$728$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dexter	Howland
Under 5	1.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	20.7%	19.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.2%
75 and over	15.6%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dexter	Howland
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	100.0%
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	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dexter	Howland
No high school diploma	12.5%	9.8%
High school graduate	34.8%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dexter	Howland
Drove alone	84.5%	89.6%
Carpooled	2.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	8.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dexter	Howland
1-unit, detached	58.7%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Dexter	Howland
Poverty rate	21.6%	27.1%
Average household size	1.96	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	40
Median year structure built	1947	1963