Machias vs Woodland

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

Machias and Woodland 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 1,059 in Woodland). Woodland has the higher median household income ($46,346 vs $28,047 in Machias). Machias has the higher median home value ($117,800 vs $77,900 in Woodland).

Population, income & housing

	Machias	Woodland
Population	1,395	1,059
Median age	45.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,047	$46,346
Median home value	$117,800	$77,900
Median gross rent	$700	$837
Housing units	728	548
Homeownership rate	39.9%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Machias	Woodland
Population	1,157 → 1,395 (+20.6%)	990 → 1,059 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$20,565 → $28,047 (+36.4%)	$44,091 → $46,346 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $117,800 (+18.9%)	$63,600 → $77,900 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$342 → $700 (+104.7%)	$517 → $837 (+61.9%)

Machias

Population

1,1571,395

Median household income

$20,565$28,047

Median home value

$99,100$117,800

Median gross rent

$342$700

Woodland

Population

9901,059

Median household income

$44,091$46,346

Median home value

$63,600$77,900

Median gross rent

$517$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Machias	Woodland
Under 5	2.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	9.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	15.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.5%
75 and over	13.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Machias	Woodland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.9%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Machias	Woodland
No high school diploma	15.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	36.5%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Machias	Woodland
Drove alone	73.9%	87.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	10.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Machias	Woodland
1-unit, detached	47.0%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	8.2%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Machias	Woodland
Poverty rate	33.8%	22.7%
Average household size	1.78	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	12	11
Median year structure built	1952	1956