Jonesport vs Machias

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

Jonesport 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 634 in Jonesport). Jonesport has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $28,047 in Machias). Jonesport has the higher median home value ($122,200 vs $117,800 in Machias).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesport	Machias
Population	634	1,395
Median age	39.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$28,047
Median home value	$122,200	$117,800
Median gross rent	$260	$700
Housing units	403	728
Homeownership rate	53.5%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesport	Machias
Population	666 → 634 (-4.8%)	1,157 → 1,395 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $65,938 (+13.4%)	$20,565 → $28,047 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $122,200 (-3.5%)	$99,100 → $117,800 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$319 → $260 (-18.5%)	$342 → $700 (+104.7%)

Jonesport

Population

666634

Median household income

$58,125$65,938

Median home value

$126,600$122,200

Median gross rent

$319$260

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)

	Jonesport	Machias
Under 5	3.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	9.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	15.3%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	20.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	14.5%	9.6%
75 and over	10.9%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesport	Machias
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	90.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
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%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesport	Machias
No high school diploma	10.2%	15.5%
High school graduate	46.8%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesport	Machias
Drove alone	76.0%	73.9%
Carpooled	11.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesport	Machias
1-unit, detached	77.9%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Jonesport	Machias
Poverty rate	17.6%	33.8%
Average household size	2.08	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	14	12
Median year structure built	1938	1952