Calais vs Jonesport

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

Calais and Jonesport 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 634 in Jonesport). Jonesport has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $48,654 in Calais). Jonesport has the higher median home value ($122,200 vs $111,800 in Calais).

Population, income & housing

	Calais	Jonesport
Population	3,087	634
Median age	43.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,654	$65,938
Median home value	$111,800	$122,200
Median gross rent	$815	$260
Housing units	1,603	403
Homeownership rate	67.8%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calais	Jonesport
Population	2,993 → 3,087 (+3.1%)	666 → 634 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$32,601 → $48,654 (+49.2%)	$58,125 → $65,938 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $111,800 (+14.5%)	$126,600 → $122,200 (-3.5%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $815 (+40.0%)	$319 → $260 (-18.5%)

Calais

Population

2,9933,087

Median household income

$32,601$48,654

Median home value

$97,600$111,800

Median gross rent

$582$815

Jonesport

Population

666634

Median household income

$58,125$65,938

Median home value

$126,600$122,200

Median gross rent

$319$260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calais	Jonesport
Under 5	8.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	7.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	20.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	6.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	14.5%
75 and over	12.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calais	Jonesport
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	96.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calais	Jonesport
No high school diploma	12.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	25.6%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calais	Jonesport
Drove alone	85.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calais	Jonesport
1-unit, detached	67.3%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Calais	Jonesport
Poverty rate	22.2%	17.6%
Average household size	2.00	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	13	14
Median year structure built	1956	1938