Eastport vs Machias

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

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

Machias has the higher population (1,395 vs 1,230 in Eastport). Eastport has the higher median household income ($46,205 vs $28,047 in Machias). Eastport has the higher median home value ($148,200 vs $117,800 in Machias).

Population, income & housing

	Eastport	Machias
Population	1,230	1,395
Median age	62.9 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,205	$28,047
Median home value	$148,200	$117,800
Median gross rent	$538	$700
Housing units	1,057	728
Homeownership rate	73.0%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastport	Machias
Population	1,326 → 1,230 (-7.2%)	1,157 → 1,395 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$34,427 → $46,205 (+34.2%)	$20,565 → $28,047 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$116,500 → $148,200 (+27.2%)	$99,100 → $117,800 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $538 (+2.5%)	$342 → $700 (+104.7%)

Eastport

Population

1,3261,230

Median household income

$34,427$46,205

Median home value

$116,500$148,200

Median gross rent

$525$538

Machias

Population

1,1571,395

Median household income

$20,565$28,047

Median home value

$99,100$117,800

Median gross rent

$342$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastport	Machias
Under 5	2.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	10.3%	9.4%
18 to 24	3.0%	15.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	7.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	25.0%	9.6%
75 and over	18.0%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastport	Machias
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastport	Machias
No high school diploma	4.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	30.8%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastport	Machias
Drove alone	56.4%	73.9%
Carpooled	13.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	13.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastport	Machias
1-unit, detached	76.8%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	18.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Eastport	Machias
Poverty rate	10.8%	33.8%
Average household size	1.90	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	17	12
Median year structure built	1938	1952