Dexter vs Millinocket

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

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

Millinocket has the higher population (4,111 vs 1,840 in Dexter). Dexter has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $42,936 in Millinocket). Dexter has the higher median home value ($153,200 vs $86,500 in Millinocket).

Population, income & housing

	Dexter	Millinocket
Population	1,840	4,111
Median age	51.8 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$42,936
Median home value	$153,200	$86,500
Median gross rent	$883	$555
Housing units	1,154	2,559
Homeownership rate	53.2%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dexter	Millinocket
Population	2,124 → 1,840 (-13.4%)	4,287 → 4,111 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$38,448 → $51,667 (+34.4%)	$32,730 → $42,936 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $153,200 (+59.6%)	$60,700 → $86,500 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $883 (+13.4%)	$511 → $555 (+8.6%)

Dexter

Population

2,1241,840

Median household income

$38,448$51,667

Median home value

$96,000$153,200

Median gross rent

$779$883

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)

	Dexter	Millinocket
Under 5	1.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	7.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	20.7%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	20.9%
75 and over	15.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dexter	Millinocket
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	99.5%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dexter	Millinocket
No high school diploma	12.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dexter	Millinocket
Drove alone	84.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	2.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dexter	Millinocket
1-unit, detached	58.7%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Dexter	Millinocket
Poverty rate	21.6%	24.8%
Average household size	1.96	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1947	1954