Cumberland Center vs Freeport

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

Cumberland Center and Freeport 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 1,544 in Freeport). Cumberland Center has the higher median household income ($145,208 vs $48,352 in Freeport). Cumberland Center has the higher median home value ($480,700 vs $344,100 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland Center	Freeport
Population	2,811	1,544
Median age	37.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$145,208	$48,352
Median home value	$480,700	$344,100
Median gross rent	$784	$1,426
Housing units	1,098	1,012
Homeownership rate	93.1%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	54.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland Center	Freeport
Population	2,926 → 2,811 (-3.9%)	1,537 → 1,544 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$99,500 → $145,208 (+45.9%)	$71,394 → $48,352 (-32.3%)
Median home value	$332,000 → $480,700 (+44.8%)	$177,400 → $344,100 (+94.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $784 (-32.6%)	$991 → $1,426 (+43.9%)

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

Freeport

Population

1,5371,544

Median household income

$71,394$48,352

Median home value

$177,400$344,100

Median gross rent

$991$1,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland Center	Freeport
Under 5	8.2%	10.2%
5 to 17	23.6%	8.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	2.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.9%	24.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	18.6%
55 to 64	20.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	6.2%	14.6%
75 and over	2.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland Center	Freeport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	16.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland Center	Freeport
No high school diploma	1.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	15.8%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland Center	Freeport
Drove alone	62.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	1.6%
Public transit	2.5%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	9.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.9%	8.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland Center	Freeport
1-unit, detached	86.2%	27.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	40.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland Center	Freeport
Poverty rate	11.4%	23.4%
Average household size	2.86	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1979	1975