Lake Arrowhead vs South Eliot

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Arrowhead and South Eliot: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Arrowhead and South Eliot are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Eliot has the higher population (4,021 vs 3,273 in Lake Arrowhead). South Eliot has the higher median household income ($96,705 vs $84,221 in Lake Arrowhead). South Eliot has the higher median home value ($437,800 vs $226,400 in Lake Arrowhead).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arrowhead	South Eliot
Population	3,273	4,021
Median age	31.0 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,221	$96,705
Median home value	$226,400	$437,800
Median gross rent	$2,120	$2,088
Housing units	1,217	1,761
Homeownership rate	95.1%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arrowhead	South Eliot
Population	3,067 → 3,273 (+6.7%)	3,160 → 4,021 (+27.2%)
Median household income	$77,031 → $84,221 (+9.3%)	$58,269 → $96,705 (+66.0%)
Median home value	$167,100 → $226,400 (+35.5%)	$328,600 → $437,800 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,325 → $2,120 (+60.0%)	$934 → $2,088 (+123.6%)

Lake Arrowhead

Population

3,0673,273

Median household income

$77,031$84,221

Median home value

$167,100$226,400

Median gross rent

$1,325$2,120

South Eliot

Population

3,1604,021

Median household income

$58,269$96,705

Median home value

$328,600$437,800

Median gross rent

$934$2,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	South Eliot
Under 5	10.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	14.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	4.1%	17.6%
75 and over	1.6%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	South Eliot
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Arrowhead	South Eliot
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	50.2%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	South Eliot
Drove alone	81.5%	82.2%
Carpooled	12.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	South Eliot
1-unit, detached	99.0%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arrowhead	South Eliot
Poverty rate	14.3%	4.2%
Average household size	3.23	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	38	21
Median year structure built	1996	1974