Lime Lake vs Machias

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

Lime Lake and Machias are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lime Lake has the higher population (726 vs 675 in Machias). Machias has the higher median household income ($70,127 vs $43,994 in Lime Lake). Lime Lake has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $66,100 in Machias).

Population, income & housing

	Lime Lake	Machias
Population	726	675
Median age	61.3 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,994	$70,127
Median home value	$109,000	$66,100
Median gross rent	$870	—
Housing units	538	291
Homeownership rate	77.4%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lime Lake	Machias
Population	815 → 726 (-10.9%)	498 → 675 (+35.5%)
Median household income	$48,636 → $43,994 (-9.5%)	$49,219 → $70,127 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $109,000 (-18.8%)	$94,000 → $66,100 (-29.7%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $870 (+17.9%)	$744 → $814 (+9.4%)

Lime Lake

Population

815726

Median household income

$48,636$43,994

Median home value

$134,200$109,000

Median gross rent

$738$870

Machias

Population

498675

Median household income

$49,219$70,127

Median home value

$94,000$66,100

Median gross rent

$744$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lime Lake	Machias
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	4.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	6.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	31.0%
65 to 74	18.3%	7.7%
75 and over	24.9%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lime Lake	Machias
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lime Lake	Machias
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	43.4%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lime Lake	Machias
Drove alone	87.2%	64.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	25.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lime Lake	Machias
1-unit, detached	70.8%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	47.1%

Poverty & households

	Lime Lake	Machias
Poverty rate	30.4%	18.5%
Average household size	1.93	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	13
Median year structure built	1965	1982