Mattawamkeag vs Patten

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

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

Patten has the higher population (502 vs 428 in Mattawamkeag). Patten has the higher median household income ($42,000 vs $36,042 in Mattawamkeag). Mattawamkeag has the higher median home value ($100,800 vs $65,400 in Patten).

Population, income & housing

	Mattawamkeag	Patten
Population	428	502
Median age	53.8 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,042	$42,000
Median home value	$100,800	$65,400
Median gross rent	$425	$329
Housing units	245	288
Homeownership rate	74.9%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	21.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mattawamkeag	Patten
Population	583 → 428 (-26.6%)	437 → 502 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$34,861 → $36,042 (+3.4%)	$30,000 → $42,000 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $100,800 (+51.6%)	$52,500 → $65,400 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$377 → $425 (+12.7%)	$334 → $329 (-1.5%)

Mattawamkeag

Population

583428

Median household income

$34,861$36,042

Median home value

$66,500$100,800

Median gross rent

$377$425

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)

	Mattawamkeag	Patten
Under 5	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	12.4%
18 to 24	1.6%	2.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	17.9%
35 to 44	5.8%	1.6%
45 to 54	25.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	29.0%	20.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	22.3%
75 and over	5.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mattawamkeag	Patten
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	98.0%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	5.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mattawamkeag	Patten
No high school diploma	16.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	44.9%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mattawamkeag	Patten
Drove alone	69.5%	60.7%
Carpooled	17.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	27.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mattawamkeag	Patten
1-unit, detached	63.7%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Mattawamkeag	Patten
Poverty rate	24.8%	31.9%
Average household size	2.03	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	49	23
Median year structure built	1969	1955