Cumberland Center vs Yarmouth

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

Cumberland Center and Yarmouth are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yarmouth has the higher population (6,293 vs 2,811 in Cumberland Center). Cumberland Center has the higher median household income ($145,208 vs $92,311 in Yarmouth). Yarmouth has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $480,700 in Cumberland Center).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland Center	Yarmouth
Population	2,811	6,293
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$145,208	$92,311
Median home value	$480,700	$506,300
Median gross rent	$784	$1,694
Housing units	1,098	2,462
Homeownership rate	93.1%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland Center	Yarmouth
Population	2,926 → 2,811 (-3.9%)	5,681 → 6,293 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$99,500 → $145,208 (+45.9%)	$79,025 → $92,311 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$332,000 → $480,700 (+44.8%)	$329,600 → $506,300 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $784 (-32.6%)	$1,201 → $1,694 (+41.0%)

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

Yarmouth

Population

5,6816,293

Median household income

$79,025$92,311

Median home value

$329,600$506,300

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland Center	Yarmouth
Under 5	8.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.6%	20.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	20.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.6%
75 and over	2.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland Center	Yarmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland Center	Yarmouth
No high school diploma	1.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	15.8%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland Center	Yarmouth
Drove alone	62.9%	75.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	28.9%	16.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland Center	Yarmouth
1-unit, detached	86.2%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland Center	Yarmouth
Poverty rate	11.4%	12.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1979	1971