Dunstan, ME population, income and ZIP codes

Dunstan CDP is a small town in Maine, with 1,916 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #70 of 155 ranked by population — larger than 55% of them. The median age here is 56.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Dunstan CDP earn a median of $97,632 a year, 24.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 66% above the $58,992 median for the 106 Maine cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 4.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dunstan CDP is valued at $480,600, 58.4% above the national figure and 117% above the $221,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,722 a month, 22.5% above the national figure, or roughly $20,664 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 65.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

A median age of 56.5 puts Dunstan CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.