Mattawamkeag vs Newport

A side-by-side comparison of Mattawamkeag and Newport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newport has the higher population (1,469 vs 428 in Mattawamkeag). Newport has the higher median household income ($42,740 vs $36,042 in Mattawamkeag). Newport has the higher median home value ($162,800 vs $100,800 in Mattawamkeag).

Population, income & housing

	Mattawamkeag	Newport
Population	428	1,469
Median age	53.8 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,042	$42,740
Median home value	$100,800	$162,800
Median gross rent	$425	$896
Housing units	245	936
Homeownership rate	74.9%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	21.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mattawamkeag	Newport
Population	583 → 428 (-26.6%)	1,766 → 1,469 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$34,861 → $36,042 (+3.4%)	$30,257 → $42,740 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $100,800 (+51.6%)	$147,500 → $162,800 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$377 → $425 (+12.7%)	$723 → $896 (+23.9%)

Mattawamkeag

Population

583428

Median household income

$34,861$36,042

Median home value

$66,500$100,800

Median gross rent

$377$425

Newport

Population

1,7661,469

Median household income

$30,257$42,740

Median home value

$147,500$162,800

Median gross rent

$723$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mattawamkeag	Newport
Under 5	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	8.4%
18 to 24	1.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	5.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	25.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	29.0%	22.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	14.9%
75 and over	5.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mattawamkeag	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	95.8%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mattawamkeag	Newport
No high school diploma	16.0%	14.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mattawamkeag	Newport
Drove alone	69.5%	64.1%
Carpooled	17.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mattawamkeag	Newport
1-unit, detached	63.7%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Mattawamkeag	Newport
Poverty rate	24.8%	18.7%
Average household size	2.03	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	49	24
Median year structure built	1969	1967