Calais vs Eastport

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

Calais and Eastport 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 1,230 in Eastport). Calais has the higher median household income ($48,654 vs $46,205 in Eastport). Eastport has the higher median home value ($148,200 vs $111,800 in Calais).

Population, income & housing

	Calais	Eastport
Population	3,087	1,230
Median age	43.8 yrs	62.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,654	$46,205
Median home value	$111,800	$148,200
Median gross rent	$815	$538
Housing units	1,603	1,057
Homeownership rate	67.8%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calais	Eastport
Population	2,993 → 3,087 (+3.1%)	1,326 → 1,230 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$32,601 → $48,654 (+49.2%)	$34,427 → $46,205 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $111,800 (+14.5%)	$116,500 → $148,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $815 (+40.0%)	$525 → $538 (+2.5%)

Calais

Population

2,9933,087

Median household income

$32,601$48,654

Median home value

$97,600$111,800

Median gross rent

$582$815

Eastport

Population

1,3261,230

Median household income

$34,427$46,205

Median home value

$116,500$148,200

Median gross rent

$525$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calais	Eastport
Under 5	8.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	7.9%	10.3%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	25.0%
75 and over	12.3%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calais	Eastport
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	91.5%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	2.5%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calais	Eastport
No high school diploma	12.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	25.6%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calais	Eastport
Drove alone	85.6%	56.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.7%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	20.0%
Other means	1.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calais	Eastport
1-unit, detached	67.3%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Calais	Eastport
Poverty rate	22.2%	10.8%
Average household size	2.00	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1956	1938