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Islesboro, ME

686 Population
14.3 square miles 48 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.2 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Waldo County: 46.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$57,858 ±$14,582 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Waldo County: $38,183 ±$1,576
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$75,625 ±$36,017 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Waldo County: $68,441 ±$4,439
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

14.4% ±12.6% (99  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Waldo County: 12.8% † 4,992 (±1.3% / ±522)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

7.5 minutes ±3.5 (1,655  ±488) Mean travel time to work
  • about one-quarter of the figure in Waldo County: 26.2 408,570 (±0.8 / ±22,200)
  • about one-third of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

364 ±116 Number of households
  • Waldo County: 17,476 ±345
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
1.9 ±0.8 (673  ±180) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Waldo County: 2.3 39,273 (±0 / ±93)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

747 ±122 Number of housing units
  • Waldo County: 22,118 ±63
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$291,300 ±$90,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Waldo County: $239,100 ±$7,407
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

5.7% ±2.7% (39  ±21) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Waldo County: 8.7% † 3,450 (±1.1% / ±428.2)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

97.1% ±32.1% (559  ±117.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Waldo County: 93.7% 28,072 (±3.3% / ±985.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
45.7% ±15.8% (263  ±61.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Waldo County: 34.8% 10,431 (±2.1% / ±613.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% ±3.2% (26  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Waldo County: 2.2% 877
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

3.2% ±1.4% (19  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Waldo County: 7.9% 2,592 (±0.7% / ±212)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
19 Total veterans ±10 19 Male ±10 N/A Female ±11

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