Bridgton vs Cumberland Center

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgton and Cumberland Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Bridgton and Cumberland Center are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cumberland Center has the higher population (2,811 vs 1,666 in Bridgton). Cumberland Center has the higher median household income ($145,208 vs $58,992 in Bridgton). Cumberland Center has the higher median home value ($480,700 vs $239,200 in Bridgton).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgton	Cumberland Center
Population	1,666	2,811
Median age	41.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,992	$145,208
Median home value	$239,200	$480,700
Median gross rent	$747	$784
Housing units	974	1,098
Homeownership rate	83.4%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	67.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgton	Cumberland Center
Population	2,542 → 1,666 (-34.5%)	2,926 → 2,811 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$55,116 → $58,992 (+7.0%)	$99,500 → $145,208 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$154,000 → $239,200 (+55.3%)	$332,000 → $480,700 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $747 (-20.2%)	$1,164 → $784 (-32.6%)

Bridgton

Population

2,5421,666

Median household income

$55,116$58,992

Median home value

$154,000$239,200

Median gross rent

$936$747

Cumberland Center

Population

2,9262,811

Median household income

$99,500$145,208

Median home value

$332,000$480,700

Median gross rent

$1,164$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgton	Cumberland Center
Under 5	1.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	23.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	17.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	20.1%
65 to 74	16.6%	6.2%
75 and over	4.9%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgton	Cumberland Center
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgton	Cumberland Center
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.4%
High school graduate	23.5%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	36.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	30.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgton	Cumberland Center
Drove alone	57.1%	62.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	14.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	28.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgton	Cumberland Center
1-unit, detached	80.8%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgton	Cumberland Center
Poverty rate	31.6%	11.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1956	1979