Falmouth Foreside vs Steep Falls

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

Falmouth Foreside and Steep Falls are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Falmouth Foreside has the higher population (2,148 vs 1,720 in Steep Falls). Falmouth Foreside has the higher median household income ($152,870 vs $68,125 in Steep Falls). Falmouth Foreside has the higher median home value ($674,200 vs $241,000 in Steep Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth Foreside	Steep Falls
Population	2,148	1,720
Median age	52.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$152,870	$68,125
Median home value	$674,200	$241,000
Median gross rent	$2,674	$974
Housing units	901	636
Homeownership rate	86.8%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth Foreside	Steep Falls
Population	1,611 → 2,148 (+33.3%)	1,683 → 1,720 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$103,583 → $152,870 (+47.6%)	$88,015 → $68,125 (-22.6%)
Median home value	$483,900 → $674,200 (+39.3%)	$218,200 → $241,000 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $2,674 (+52.8%)	$1,359 → $974 (-28.3%)

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

Steep Falls

Population

1,6831,720

Median household income

$88,015$68,125

Median home value

$218,200$241,000

Median gross rent

$1,359$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falmouth Foreside	Steep Falls
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	30.5%
18 to 24	2.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	4.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	17.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	20.8%
65 to 74	14.9%	8.5%
75 and over	12.0%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth Foreside	Steep Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth Foreside	Steep Falls
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	8.9%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	8.5%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	44.2%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	36.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth Foreside	Steep Falls
Drove alone	54.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.1%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth Foreside	Steep Falls
1-unit, detached	85.0%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth Foreside	Steep Falls
Poverty rate	2.2%	16.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1968	1966