Cumberland Center vs Dunstan

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

Cumberland Center and Dunstan 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 1,916 in Dunstan). Cumberland Center has the higher median household income ($145,208 vs $97,632 in Dunstan). Cumberland Center has the higher median home value ($480,700 vs $480,600 in Dunstan).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland Center	Dunstan
Population	2,811	1,916
Median age	37.4 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$145,208	$97,632
Median home value	$480,700	$480,600
Median gross rent	$784	$1,722
Housing units	1,098	1,007
Homeownership rate	93.1%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland Center	Dunstan
Population	2,926 → 2,811 (-3.9%)	1,592 → 1,916 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$99,500 → $145,208 (+45.9%)	$109,044 → $97,632 (-10.5%)
Median home value	$332,000 → $480,700 (+44.8%)	$394,500 → $480,600 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $784 (-32.6%)	$1,321 → $1,722 (+30.4%)

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

Dunstan

Population

1,5921,916

Median household income

$109,044$97,632

Median home value

$394,500$480,600

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland Center	Dunstan
Under 5	8.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	23.6%	6.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	13.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	7.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	3.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	20.1%	33.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	16.9%
75 and over	2.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland Center	Dunstan
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland Center	Dunstan
No high school diploma	1.4%	0.6%
High school graduate	15.8%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland Center	Dunstan
Drove alone	62.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	2.5%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.9%	22.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland Center	Dunstan
1-unit, detached	86.2%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	17.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland Center	Dunstan
Poverty rate	11.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.86	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1979	1993