Calais vs Danforth

A side-by-side comparison of Calais and Danforth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calais has the higher population (3,087 vs 507 in Danforth). Calais has the higher median household income ($48,654 vs $40,662 in Danforth). Calais has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $89,500 in Danforth).

Population, income & housing

	Calais	Danforth
Population	3,087	507
Median age	43.8 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,654	$40,662
Median home value	$111,800	$89,500
Median gross rent	$815	$573
Housing units	1,603	278
Homeownership rate	67.8%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calais	Danforth
Population	2,993 → 3,087 (+3.1%)	524 → 507 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$32,601 → $48,654 (+49.2%)	$40,181 → $40,662 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $111,800 (+14.5%)	$77,200 → $89,500 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $815 (+40.0%)	$508 → $573 (+12.8%)

Calais

Population

2,9933,087

Median household income

$32,601$48,654

Median home value

$97,600$111,800

Median gross rent

$582$815

Danforth

Population

524507

Median household income

$40,181$40,662

Median home value

$77,200$89,500

Median gross rent

$508$573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calais	Danforth
Under 5	8.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	7.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	28.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	14.2%
75 and over	12.3%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calais	Danforth
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calais	Danforth
No high school diploma	12.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	25.6%	72.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calais	Danforth
Drove alone	85.6%	72.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	18.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calais	Danforth
1-unit, detached	67.3%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calais	Danforth
Poverty rate	22.2%	17.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	13	19
Median year structure built	1956	1977