Island Falls, ME

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Island Falls, ME: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,337. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ISLAND-FALLS-ME · Island Falls, ME 1 ZIPs · 1,337 pop · #19264/25278 · Aroostook County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $56,795
  • RANK-LOWER #19264/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fort Kent
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,337
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $120,200

Nearest income peer: Fort Kent, ME ( $373 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Island Falls

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Island Falls on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Island Falls, ME sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

24th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,337
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$56,795
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($56,795 average) · poverty 17.0%. The primary code (04747) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Island Falls as a pure owner town.

Within Maine, Lincoln is the closest lower-income city and Newfield the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Island Falls.

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ZIP Codes in Island Falls, ME

These ZIP codes sit in Aroostook County, which covers 39 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Island Falls. See the Aroostook County roll-up →

Island Falls lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Aroostook County: Houlton, Fort Fairfield and Mapleton earn more and Caribou, Limestone and Van Buren earn less. Mapleton marks the far end of that range at $84,042, 48% above Island Falls.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
04747 1,337 3 America/New_York

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Island Falls, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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