Eastport vs Jonesport

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

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

Eastport has the higher population (1,230 vs 634 in Jonesport). Jonesport has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $46,205 in Eastport). Eastport has the higher median home value ($148,200 vs $122,200 in Jonesport).

Population, income & housing

	Eastport	Jonesport
Population	1,230	634
Median age	62.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,205	$65,938
Median home value	$148,200	$122,200
Median gross rent	$538	$260
Housing units	1,057	403
Homeownership rate	73.0%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastport	Jonesport
Population	1,326 → 1,230 (-7.2%)	666 → 634 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$34,427 → $46,205 (+34.2%)	$58,125 → $65,938 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$116,500 → $148,200 (+27.2%)	$126,600 → $122,200 (-3.5%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $538 (+2.5%)	$319 → $260 (-18.5%)

Eastport

Population

1,3261,230

Median household income

$34,427$46,205

Median home value

$116,500$148,200

Median gross rent

$525$538

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)

	Eastport	Jonesport
Under 5	2.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	20.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	6.5%
55 to 64	17.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	25.0%	14.5%
75 and over	18.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastport	Jonesport
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastport	Jonesport
No high school diploma	4.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	30.8%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastport	Jonesport
Drove alone	56.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	13.2%	11.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.0%	4.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastport	Jonesport
1-unit, detached	76.8%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Eastport	Jonesport
Poverty rate	10.8%	17.6%
Average household size	1.90	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1938	1938