Dexter vs Veazie

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

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

Veazie has the higher population (1,866 vs 1,840 in Dexter). Veazie has the higher median household income ($78,182 vs $51,667 in Dexter). Veazie has the higher median home value ($294,600 vs $153,200 in Dexter).

Population, income & housing

	Dexter	Veazie
Population	1,840	1,866
Median age	51.8 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$78,182
Median home value	$153,200	$294,600
Median gross rent	$883	$1,103
Housing units	1,154	805
Homeownership rate	53.2%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dexter	Veazie
Population	2,124 → 1,840 (-13.4%)	1,900 → 1,866 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$38,448 → $51,667 (+34.4%)	$60,982 → $78,182 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $153,200 (+59.6%)	$158,600 → $294,600 (+85.8%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $883 (+13.4%)	$1,004 → $1,103 (+9.9%)

Dexter

Population

2,1241,840

Median household income

$38,448$51,667

Median home value

$96,000$153,200

Median gross rent

$779$883

Veazie

Population

1,9001,866

Median household income

$60,982$78,182

Median home value

$158,600$294,600

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dexter	Veazie
Under 5	1.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	20.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.5%
75 and over	15.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dexter	Veazie
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dexter	Veazie
No high school diploma	12.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	34.8%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dexter	Veazie
Drove alone	84.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	2.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	8.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dexter	Veazie
1-unit, detached	58.7%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Dexter	Veazie
Poverty rate	21.6%	3.3%
Average household size	1.96	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1947	1980