Brownville Junction vs Dover-Foxcroft

A side-by-side comparison of Brownville Junction and Dover-Foxcroft: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownville Junction and Dover-Foxcroft are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dover-Foxcroft has the higher population (2,758 vs 559 in Brownville Junction). Dover-Foxcroft has the higher median household income ($51,919 vs $41,250 in Brownville Junction). Dover-Foxcroft has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $81,000 in Brownville Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Brownville Junction	Dover-Foxcroft
Population	559	2,758
Median age	45.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$51,919
Median home value	$81,000	$137,500
Median gross rent	$919	$880
Housing units	284	1,606
Homeownership rate	77.7%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownville Junction	Dover-Foxcroft
Population	584 → 559 (-4.3%)	2,740 → 2,758 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$45,365 → $41,250 (-9.1%)	$35,521 → $51,919 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $81,000 (+22.5%)	$109,600 → $137,500 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $919 (+26.4%)	$575 → $880 (+53.0%)

Brownville Junction

Population

584559

Median household income

$45,365$41,250

Median home value

$66,100$81,000

Median gross rent

$727$919

Dover-Foxcroft

Population

2,7402,758

Median household income

$35,521$51,919

Median home value

$109,600$137,500

Median gross rent

$575$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownville Junction	Dover-Foxcroft
Under 5	0.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	12.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	7.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	15.8%
75 and over	14.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownville Junction	Dover-Foxcroft
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownville Junction	Dover-Foxcroft
No high school diploma	12.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	45.9%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownville Junction	Dover-Foxcroft
Drove alone	92.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	12.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownville Junction	Dover-Foxcroft
1-unit, detached	89.4%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownville Junction	Dover-Foxcroft
Poverty rate	23.4%	20.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	36	20
Median year structure built	1938	1954