Calais vs Woodland

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

Calais and Woodland 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 1,059 in Woodland). Calais has the higher median household income ($48,654 vs $46,346 in Woodland). Calais has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $77,900 in Woodland).

Population, income & housing

	Calais	Woodland
Population	3,087	1,059
Median age	43.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,654	$46,346
Median home value	$111,800	$77,900
Median gross rent	$815	$837
Housing units	1,603	548
Homeownership rate	67.8%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calais	Woodland
Population	2,993 → 3,087 (+3.1%)	990 → 1,059 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$32,601 → $48,654 (+49.2%)	$44,091 → $46,346 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $111,800 (+14.5%)	$63,600 → $77,900 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $815 (+40.0%)	$517 → $837 (+61.9%)

Calais

Population

2,9933,087

Median household income

$32,601$48,654

Median home value

$97,600$111,800

Median gross rent

$582$815

Woodland

Population

9901,059

Median household income

$44,091$46,346

Median home value

$63,600$77,900

Median gross rent

$517$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calais	Woodland
Under 5	8.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	7.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.5%
75 and over	12.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calais	Woodland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	2.9%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calais	Woodland
No high school diploma	12.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	25.6%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calais	Woodland
Drove alone	85.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	10.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calais	Woodland
1-unit, detached	67.3%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Calais	Woodland
Poverty rate	22.2%	22.7%
Average household size	2.00	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	13	11
Median year structure built	1956	1956