Jonesport vs Vanceboro

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

Jonesport and Vanceboro 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 158 in Vanceboro). Jonesport has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $53,500 in Vanceboro). Jonesport has the higher median home value ($122,200 vs $112,500 in Vanceboro).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesport	Vanceboro
Population	634	158
Median age	39.6 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$53,500
Median home value	$122,200	$112,500
Median gross rent	$260	—
Housing units	403	123
Homeownership rate	53.5%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesport	Vanceboro
Population	666 → 634 (-4.8%)	166 → 158 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $65,938 (+13.4%)	$52,857 → $53,500 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $122,200 (-3.5%)	$72,900 → $112,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$319 → $260 (-18.5%)	—

Jonesport

Population

666634

Median household income

$58,125$65,938

Median home value

$126,600$122,200

Median gross rent

$319$260

Vanceboro

Population

166158

Median household income

$52,857$53,500

Median home value

$72,900$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesport	Vanceboro
Under 5	3.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	7.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	3.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	1.9%
35 to 44	20.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.5%	18.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	31.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	26.6%
75 and over	10.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesport	Vanceboro
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	88.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.5%
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%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesport	Vanceboro
No high school diploma	10.2%	12.2%
High school graduate	46.8%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesport	Vanceboro
Drove alone	76.0%	29.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	61.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesport	Vanceboro
1-unit, detached	77.9%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Jonesport	Vanceboro
Poverty rate	17.6%	5.7%
Average household size	2.08	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	14	37
Median year structure built	1938	1956