Androscoggin County vs Hancock County

A side-by-side comparison of Androscoggin County and Hancock County: population, income, housing, and more.

Androscoggin County and Hancock County are counties in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Androscoggin County has the higher population (112,323 vs 56,084 in Hancock County). Hancock County has the higher median household income ($69,630 vs $67,298 in Androscoggin County). Hancock County has the higher median home value ($278,400 vs $232,000 in Androscoggin County).

Population, income & housing

	Androscoggin County	Hancock County
Population	112,323	56,084
Median age	40.8 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,298	$69,630
Median home value	$232,000	$278,400
Median gross rent	$966	$1,000
Housing units	50,202	40,514
Homeownership rate	67.4%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Androscoggin County	Hancock County
Population	107,602 → 112,323 (+4.4%)	54,601 → 56,084 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$53,509 → $67,298 (+25.8%)	$57,178 → $69,630 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$158,200 → $232,000 (+46.6%)	$212,700 → $278,400 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $966 (+25.3%)	$818 → $1,000 (+22.2%)

Androscoggin County

Population

107,602112,323

Median household income

$53,509$67,298

Median home value

$158,200$232,000

Median gross rent

$771$966

Hancock County

Population

54,60156,084

Median household income

$57,178$69,630

Median home value

$212,700$278,400

Median gross rent

$818$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Androscoggin County	Hancock County
Under 5	5.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	15.9%
75 and over	7.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Androscoggin County	Hancock County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Androscoggin County	Hancock County
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	36.4%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Androscoggin County	Hancock County
Drove alone	74.1%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	3.1%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.1%	12.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Androscoggin County	Hancock County
1-unit, detached	58.4%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Androscoggin County	Hancock County
Poverty rate	13.0%	10.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1969	1981