Piscataquis County vs Sagadahoc County

A side-by-side comparison of Piscataquis County and Sagadahoc County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sagadahoc County has the higher population (37,093 vs 17,125 in Piscataquis County). Sagadahoc County has the higher median household income ($82,080 vs $55,234 in Piscataquis County). Sagadahoc County has the higher median home value ($300,200 vs $153,300 in Piscataquis County).

Population, income & housing

	Piscataquis County	Sagadahoc County
Population	17,125	37,093
Median age	51.4 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,234	$82,080
Median home value	$153,300	$300,200
Median gross rent	$807	$1,050
Housing units	14,651	19,109
Homeownership rate	76.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piscataquis County	Sagadahoc County
Population	16,836 → 17,125 (+1.7%)	35,452 → 37,093 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$40,890 → $55,234 (+35.1%)	$63,694 → $82,080 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$109,500 → $153,300 (+40.0%)	$213,400 → $300,200 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $807 (+30.6%)	$894 → $1,050 (+17.4%)

Piscataquis County

Population

16,83617,125

Median household income

$40,890$55,234

Median home value

$109,500$153,300

Median gross rent

$618$807

Sagadahoc County

Population

35,45237,093

Median household income

$63,694$82,080

Median home value

$213,400$300,200

Median gross rent

$894$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piscataquis County	Sagadahoc County
Under 5	4.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	14.1%
75 and over	10.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piscataquis County	Sagadahoc County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piscataquis County	Sagadahoc County
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	37.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piscataquis County	Sagadahoc County
Drove alone	76.5%	76.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.8%	12.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piscataquis County	Sagadahoc County
1-unit, detached	81.7%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Piscataquis County	Sagadahoc County
Poverty rate	16.5%	11.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1976	1977