Brunswick vs North Windham

A side-by-side comparison of Brunswick and North Windham: population, income, housing, and more.

Brunswick and North Windham are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brunswick has the higher population (16,928 vs 5,633 in North Windham). North Windham has the higher median household income ($86,972 vs $68,190 in Brunswick). Brunswick has the higher median home value ($333,500 vs $309,900 in North Windham).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	North Windham
Population	16,928	5,633
Median age	38.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,190	$86,972
Median home value	$333,500	$309,900
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,304
Housing units	7,286	2,606
Homeownership rate	68.6%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	North Windham
Population	14,994 → 16,928 (+12.9%)	6,131 → 5,633 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$54,083 → $68,190 (+26.1%)	$77,606 → $86,972 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $333,500 (+58.4%)	$229,500 → $309,900 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,300 (+49.9%)	$1,123 → $1,304 (+16.1%)

Brunswick

Population

14,99416,928

Median household income

$54,083$68,190

Median home value

$210,500$333,500

Median gross rent

$867$1,300

North Windham

Population

6,1315,633

Median household income

$77,606$86,972

Median home value

$229,500$309,900

Median gross rent

$1,123$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	North Windham
Under 5	6.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	13.2%
18 to 24	15.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	21.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.2%
75 and over	10.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	North Windham
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	89.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	North Windham
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	21.7%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	North Windham
Drove alone	58.8%	68.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	12.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	12.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	17.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	North Windham
1-unit, detached	48.1%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	North Windham
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1974	1979