Millinocket vs Orono

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

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

Orono has the higher population (10,699 vs 4,111 in Millinocket). Orono has the higher median household income ($56,890 vs $42,936 in Millinocket). Orono has the higher median home value ($219,200 vs $86,500 in Millinocket).

Population, income & housing

	Millinocket	Orono
Population	4,111	10,699
Median age	57.7 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,936	$56,890
Median home value	$86,500	$219,200
Median gross rent	$555	$1,150
Housing units	2,559	3,262
Homeownership rate	83.3%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millinocket	Orono
Population	4,287 → 4,111 (-4.1%)	9,541 → 10,699 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$32,730 → $42,936 (+31.2%)	$39,688 → $56,890 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$60,700 → $86,500 (+42.5%)	$172,800 → $219,200 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $555 (+8.6%)	$907 → $1,150 (+26.8%)

Millinocket

Population

4,2874,111

Median household income

$32,730$42,936

Median home value

$60,700$86,500

Median gross rent

$511$555

Orono

Population

9,54110,699

Median household income

$39,688$56,890

Median home value

$172,800$219,200

Median gross rent

$907$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Millinocket	Orono
Under 5	1.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	4.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	56.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	4.8%
45 to 54	15.5%	4.6%
55 to 64	18.0%	4.5%
65 to 74	20.9%	5.5%
75 and over	13.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millinocket	Orono
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millinocket	Orono
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	12.0%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	37.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millinocket	Orono
Drove alone	75.4%	59.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	19.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.8%
Other means	3.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millinocket	Orono
1-unit, detached	75.7%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	23.7%
20 or more units	5.3%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Millinocket	Orono
Poverty rate	24.8%	28.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1954	1976