Brunswick vs South Portland

A side-by-side comparison of Brunswick and South Portland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Portland has the higher population (26,780 vs 16,928 in Brunswick). South Portland has the higher median household income ($84,563 vs $68,190 in Brunswick). South Portland has the higher median home value ($405,800 vs $333,500 in Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	South Portland
Population	16,928	26,780
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,190	$84,563
Median home value	$333,500	$405,800
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,648
Housing units	7,286	12,738
Homeownership rate	68.6%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	49.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	South Portland
Population	14,994 → 16,928 (+12.9%)	25,548 → 26,780 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$54,083 → $68,190 (+26.1%)	$69,290 → $84,563 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $333,500 (+58.4%)	$257,200 → $405,800 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,300 (+49.9%)	$1,305 → $1,648 (+26.3%)

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

South Portland

Population

25,54826,780

Median household income

$69,290$84,563

Median home value

$257,200$405,800

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	South Portland
Under 5	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	15.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.1%
75 and over	10.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	South Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	82.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	South Portland
No high school diploma	3.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	21.7%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	South Portland
Drove alone	58.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.5%	1.1%
Walked	12.2%	4.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.1%	15.9%
Other means	1.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	South Portland
1-unit, detached	48.1%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.6%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	South Portland
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1974	1964