Hampden vs Millinocket

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

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

Hampden has the higher population (4,937 vs 4,111 in Millinocket). Hampden has the higher median household income ($101,417 vs $42,936 in Millinocket). Hampden has the higher median home value ($270,100 vs $86,500 in Millinocket).

Population, income & housing

	Hampden	Millinocket
Population	4,937	4,111
Median age	40.5 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,417	$42,936
Median home value	$270,100	$86,500
Median gross rent	$985	$555
Housing units	2,008	2,559
Homeownership rate	83.2%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.4%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampden	Millinocket
Population	4,122 → 4,937 (+19.8%)	4,287 → 4,111 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$87,629 → $101,417 (+15.7%)	$32,730 → $42,936 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $270,100 (+28.3%)	$60,700 → $86,500 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $985 (+13.3%)	$511 → $555 (+8.6%)

Hampden

Population

4,1224,937

Median household income

$87,629$101,417

Median home value

$210,500$270,100

Median gross rent

$869$985

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)

	Hampden	Millinocket
Under 5	4.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	10.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	7.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	18.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	20.9%
75 and over	8.2%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampden	Millinocket
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampden	Millinocket
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	20.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampden	Millinocket
Drove alone	76.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.7%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampden	Millinocket
1-unit, detached	79.8%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Hampden	Millinocket
Poverty rate	5.8%	24.8%
Average household size	2.62	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1982	1954