Milbridge vs Vanceboro

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

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

Milbridge has the higher population (394 vs 158 in Vanceboro). Milbridge has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $112,500 in Vanceboro). Since 2019, Vanceboro's population has grown faster (-4.8% vs -25.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Milbridge	Vanceboro
Population	394	158
Median age	46.2 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,500
Median home value	$216,700	$112,500
Housing units	206	123
Homeownership rate	56.9%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milbridge	Vanceboro
Population	532 → 394 (-25.9%)	166 → 158 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$79,306 → $83,417 (+5.2%)	$52,857 → $53,500 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$117,300 → $216,700 (+84.7%)	$72,900 → $112,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $775 (-1.1%)	—

Milbridge

Population

532394

Median household income

$79,306$83,417

Median home value

$117,300$216,700

Median gross rent

$784$775

Vanceboro

Population

166158

Median household income

$52,857$53,500

Median home value

$72,900$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milbridge	Vanceboro
Under 5	5.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	7.6%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	3.8%	1.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	18.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	31.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	26.6%
75 and over	20.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milbridge	Vanceboro
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	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	15.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milbridge	Vanceboro
No high school diploma	16.4%	12.2%
High school graduate	32.8%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milbridge	Vanceboro
Drove alone	16.9%	29.4%
Carpooled	62.7%	61.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.3%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milbridge	Vanceboro
1-unit, detached	58.3%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Milbridge	Vanceboro
Poverty rate	22.2%	5.7%
Average household size	2.22	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1947	1956