Howland vs Patten

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

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

Howland has the higher population (1,208 vs 502 in Patten). Howland has the higher median household income ($48,021 vs $42,000 in Patten). Howland has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $65,400 in Patten).

Population, income & housing

	Howland	Patten
Population	1,208	502
Median age	45.7 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,021	$42,000
Median home value	$101,900	$65,400
Median gross rent	$941	$329
Housing units	498	288
Homeownership rate	81.1%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howland	Patten
Population	1,066 → 1,208 (+13.3%)	437 → 502 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$40,096 → $48,021 (+19.8%)	$30,000 → $42,000 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $101,900 (+22.3%)	$52,500 → $65,400 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $941 (+29.3%)	$334 → $329 (-1.5%)

Howland

Population

1,0661,208

Median household income

$40,096$48,021

Median home value

$83,300$101,900

Median gross rent

$728$941

Patten

Population

437502

Median household income

$30,000$42,000

Median home value

$52,500$65,400

Median gross rent

$334$329

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howland	Patten
Under 5	5.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	17.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	1.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	19.9%	20.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	22.3%
75 and over	12.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howland	Patten
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howland	Patten
No high school diploma	9.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	45.5%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howland	Patten
Drove alone	89.6%	60.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	27.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howland	Patten
1-unit, detached	78.1%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Howland	Patten
Poverty rate	27.1%	31.9%
Average household size	2.49	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	40	23
Median year structure built	1963	1955