Lubec vs Vanceboro

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

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

Lubec has the higher population (320 vs 158 in Vanceboro). Vanceboro has the higher median household income ($53,500 vs $43,750 in Lubec). Lubec has the higher median home value ($204,100 vs $112,500 in Vanceboro).

Population, income & housing

	Lubec	Vanceboro
Population	320	158
Median age	67.8 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$53,500
Median home value	$204,100	$112,500
Median gross rent	$280	—
Housing units	374	123
Homeownership rate	78.8%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lubec	Vanceboro
Population	314 → 320 (+1.9%)	166 → 158 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$29,861 → $43,750 (+46.5%)	$52,857 → $53,500 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $204,100 (+94.2%)	$72,900 → $112,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$240 → $280 (+16.7%)	—

Lubec

Population

314320

Median household income

$29,861$43,750

Median home value

$105,100$204,100

Median gross rent

$240$280

Vanceboro

Population

166158

Median household income

$52,857$53,500

Median home value

$72,900$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lubec	Vanceboro
Under 5	3.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	3.8%	7.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	3.1%	1.9%
35 to 44	5.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	18.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	31.6%
65 to 74	47.2%	26.6%
75 and over	18.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lubec	Vanceboro
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lubec	Vanceboro
No high school diploma	7.4%	12.2%
High school graduate	15.5%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	42.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lubec	Vanceboro
Drove alone	48.1%	29.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	61.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lubec	Vanceboro
1-unit, detached	92.5%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Lubec	Vanceboro
Poverty rate	20.3%	5.7%
Average household size	1.66	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	18	37
Median year structure built	1938	1956