Bridgton vs Falmouth Foreside

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgton and Falmouth Foreside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Falmouth Foreside has the higher population (2,148 vs 1,666 in Bridgton). Falmouth Foreside has the higher median household income ($152,870 vs $58,992 in Bridgton). Falmouth Foreside has the higher median home value ($674,200 vs $239,200 in Bridgton).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgton	Falmouth Foreside
Population	1,666	2,148
Median age	41.3 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,992	$152,870
Median home value	$239,200	$674,200
Median gross rent	$747	$2,674
Housing units	974	901
Homeownership rate	83.4%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	80.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgton	Falmouth Foreside
Population	2,542 → 1,666 (-34.5%)	1,611 → 2,148 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$55,116 → $58,992 (+7.0%)	$103,583 → $152,870 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$154,000 → $239,200 (+55.3%)	$483,900 → $674,200 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $747 (-20.2%)	$1,750 → $2,674 (+52.8%)

Bridgton

Population

2,5421,666

Median household income

$55,116$58,992

Median home value

$154,000$239,200

Median gross rent

$936$747

Falmouth Foreside

Population

1,6112,148

Median household income

$103,583$152,870

Median home value

$483,900$674,200

Median gross rent

$1,750$2,674

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgton	Falmouth Foreside
Under 5	1.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	2.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	17.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	16.6%	14.9%
75 and over	4.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgton	Falmouth Foreside
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgton	Falmouth Foreside
No high school diploma	2.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	23.5%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	44.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	36.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgton	Falmouth Foreside
Drove alone	57.1%	54.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	45.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgton	Falmouth Foreside
1-unit, detached	80.8%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgton	Falmouth Foreside
Poverty rate	31.6%	2.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1956	1968