Machias vs Milbridge

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

Machias and Milbridge 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 394 in Milbridge). Milbridge has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $117,800 in Machias). Since 2019, Machias's population has grown faster (+20.6% vs -25.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Machias	Milbridge
Population	1,395	394
Median age	45.1 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,047	—
Median home value	$117,800	$216,700
Median gross rent	$700	—
Housing units	728	206
Homeownership rate	39.9%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	18.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Machias	Milbridge
Population	1,157 → 1,395 (+20.6%)	532 → 394 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$20,565 → $28,047 (+36.4%)	$79,306 → $83,417 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $117,800 (+18.9%)	$117,300 → $216,700 (+84.7%)
Median gross rent	$342 → $700 (+104.7%)	$784 → $775 (-1.1%)

Machias

Population

1,1571,395

Median household income

$20,565$28,047

Median home value

$99,100$117,800

Median gross rent

$342$700

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)

	Machias	Milbridge
Under 5	2.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	9.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	15.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	9.0%	3.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.7%
75 and over	13.9%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Machias	Milbridge
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	61.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	6.2%	15.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Machias	Milbridge
No high school diploma	15.5%	16.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Machias	Milbridge
Drove alone	73.9%	16.9%
Carpooled	3.1%	62.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	19.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	1.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Machias	Milbridge
1-unit, detached	47.0%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	8.2%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Machias	Milbridge
Poverty rate	33.8%	22.2%
Average household size	1.78	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	12	24
Median year structure built	1952	1947