Millinocket vs Old Town

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

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

Old Town has the higher population (7,439 vs 4,111 in Millinocket). Old Town has the higher median household income ($49,329 vs $42,936 in Millinocket). Old Town has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $86,500 in Millinocket).

Population, income & housing

	Millinocket	Old Town
Population	4,111	7,439
Median age	57.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,936	$49,329
Median home value	$86,500	$183,200
Median gross rent	$555	$1,014
Housing units	2,559	3,797
Homeownership rate	83.3%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millinocket	Old Town
Population	4,287 → 4,111 (-4.1%)	7,474 → 7,439 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$32,730 → $42,936 (+31.2%)	$42,679 → $49,329 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$60,700 → $86,500 (+42.5%)	$135,700 → $183,200 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $555 (+8.6%)	$762 → $1,014 (+33.1%)

Millinocket

Population

4,2874,111

Median household income

$32,730$42,936

Median home value

$60,700$86,500

Median gross rent

$511$555

Old Town

Population

7,4747,439

Median household income

$42,679$49,329

Median home value

$135,700$183,200

Median gross rent

$762$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Millinocket	Old Town
Under 5	1.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	20.9%	11.4%
75 and over	13.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millinocket	Old Town
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millinocket	Old Town
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millinocket	Old Town
Drove alone	75.4%	67.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	20.6%
Other means	3.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millinocket	Old Town
1-unit, detached	75.7%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	23.6%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	7.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Millinocket	Old Town
Poverty rate	24.8%	21.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1954	1964