Jonesport vs Lubec

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

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

Jonesport has the higher population (634 vs 320 in Lubec). Jonesport has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $43,750 in Lubec). Lubec has the higher median home value ($204,100 vs $122,200 in Jonesport).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesport	Lubec
Population	634	320
Median age	39.6 yrs	67.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$43,750
Median home value	$122,200	$204,100
Median gross rent	$260	$280
Housing units	403	374
Homeownership rate	53.5%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	60.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesport	Lubec
Population	666 → 634 (-4.8%)	314 → 320 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $65,938 (+13.4%)	$29,861 → $43,750 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $122,200 (-3.5%)	$105,100 → $204,100 (+94.2%)
Median gross rent	$319 → $260 (-18.5%)	$240 → $280 (+16.7%)

Jonesport

Population

666634

Median household income

$58,125$65,938

Median home value

$126,600$122,200

Median gross rent

$319$260

Lubec

Population

314320

Median household income

$29,861$43,750

Median home value

$105,100$204,100

Median gross rent

$240$280

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesport	Lubec
Under 5	3.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	3.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	3.1%
35 to 44	20.8%	5.3%
45 to 54	6.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	47.2%
75 and over	10.9%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesport	Lubec
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	90.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesport	Lubec
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.4%
High school graduate	46.8%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	42.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesport	Lubec
Drove alone	76.0%	48.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	38.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesport	Lubec
1-unit, detached	77.9%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.7%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jonesport	Lubec
Poverty rate	17.6%	20.3%
Average household size	2.08	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938