Aroostook County vs Hancock County

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

Aroostook 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.

Aroostook County has the higher population (67,227 vs 56,084 in Hancock County). Hancock County has the higher median household income ($69,630 vs $54,254 in Aroostook County). Hancock County has the higher median home value ($278,400 vs $131,700 in Aroostook County).

Population, income & housing

	Aroostook County	Hancock County
Population	67,227	56,084
Median age	48.4 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,254	$69,630
Median home value	$131,700	$278,400
Median gross rent	$736	$1,000
Housing units	38,444	40,514
Homeownership rate	74.4%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aroostook County	Hancock County
Population	67,809 → 67,227 (-0.9%)	54,601 → 56,084 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$41,123 → $54,254 (+31.9%)	$57,178 → $69,630 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $131,700 (+32.2%)	$212,700 → $278,400 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $736 (+28.2%)	$818 → $1,000 (+22.2%)

Aroostook County

Population

67,80967,227

Median household income

$41,123$54,254

Median home value

$99,600$131,700

Median gross rent

$574$736

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)

	Aroostook County	Hancock County
Under 5	4.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	14.8%	15.9%
75 and over	10.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aroostook County	Hancock County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aroostook County	Hancock County
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.0%
High school graduate	38.8%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aroostook County	Hancock County
Drove alone	78.8%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.3%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.1%	12.2%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aroostook County	Hancock County
1-unit, detached	74.0%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Aroostook County	Hancock County
Poverty rate	14.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1971	1981