Cumberland Center vs Falmouth Foreside

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

Cumberland Center and Falmouth Foreside 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 2,148 in Falmouth Foreside). Falmouth Foreside has the higher median household income ($152,870 vs $145,208 in Cumberland Center). Falmouth Foreside has the higher median home value ($674,200 vs $480,700 in Cumberland Center).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland Center	Falmouth Foreside
Population	2,811	2,148
Median age	37.4 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$145,208	$152,870
Median home value	$480,700	$674,200
Median gross rent	$784	$2,674
Housing units	1,098	901
Homeownership rate	93.1%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	80.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland Center	Falmouth Foreside
Population	2,926 → 2,811 (-3.9%)	1,611 → 2,148 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$99,500 → $145,208 (+45.9%)	$103,583 → $152,870 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$332,000 → $480,700 (+44.8%)	$483,900 → $674,200 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $784 (-32.6%)	$1,750 → $2,674 (+52.8%)

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

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)

	Cumberland Center	Falmouth Foreside
Under 5	8.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	21.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	2.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	20.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	14.9%
75 and over	2.8%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland Center	Falmouth Foreside
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland Center	Falmouth Foreside
No high school diploma	1.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	15.8%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	44.2%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	36.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland Center	Falmouth Foreside
Drove alone	62.9%	54.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.9%	45.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland Center	Falmouth Foreside
1-unit, detached	86.2%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland Center	Falmouth Foreside
Poverty rate	11.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.86	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1979	1968