Eastport vs Milbridge

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

Eastport and Milbridge 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 394 in Milbridge). Milbridge has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $148,200 in Eastport). Since 2019, Eastport's population has grown faster (-7.2% vs -25.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Eastport	Milbridge
Population	1,230	394
Median age	62.9 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,205	—
Median home value	$148,200	$216,700
Median gross rent	$538	—
Housing units	1,057	206
Homeownership rate	73.0%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	18.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastport	Milbridge
Population	1,326 → 1,230 (-7.2%)	532 → 394 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$34,427 → $46,205 (+34.2%)	$79,306 → $83,417 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$116,500 → $148,200 (+27.2%)	$117,300 → $216,700 (+84.7%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $538 (+2.5%)	$784 → $775 (-1.1%)

Eastport

Population

1,3261,230

Median household income

$34,427$46,205

Median home value

$116,500$148,200

Median gross rent

$525$538

Milbridge

Population

532394

Median household income

$79,306$83,417

Median home value

$117,300$216,700

Median gross rent

$784$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastport	Milbridge
Under 5	2.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	3.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	3.8%
35 to 44	7.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	25.0%	11.7%
75 and over	18.0%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastport	Milbridge
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	61.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
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%	15.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastport	Milbridge
No high school diploma	4.6%	16.4%
High school graduate	30.8%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastport	Milbridge
Drove alone	56.4%	16.9%
Carpooled	13.2%	62.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	19.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	1.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastport	Milbridge
1-unit, detached	76.8%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Eastport	Milbridge
Poverty rate	10.8%	22.2%
Average household size	1.90	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1938	1947