Falmouth Foreside vs Yarmouth

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

Falmouth Foreside 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 2,148 in Falmouth Foreside). Falmouth Foreside has the higher median household income ($152,870 vs $92,311 in Yarmouth). Falmouth Foreside has the higher median home value ($674,200 vs $506,300 in Yarmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth Foreside	Yarmouth
Population	2,148	6,293
Median age	52.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$152,870	$92,311
Median home value	$674,200	$506,300
Median gross rent	$2,674	$1,694
Housing units	901	2,462
Homeownership rate	86.8%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth Foreside	Yarmouth
Population	1,611 → 2,148 (+33.3%)	5,681 → 6,293 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$103,583 → $152,870 (+47.6%)	$79,025 → $92,311 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$483,900 → $674,200 (+39.3%)	$329,600 → $506,300 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $2,674 (+52.8%)	$1,201 → $1,694 (+41.0%)

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

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)

	Falmouth Foreside	Yarmouth
Under 5	3.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.8%	20.9%
18 to 24	2.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	4.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	8.6%
75 and over	12.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth Foreside	Yarmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	9.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth Foreside	Yarmouth
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	8.9%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	8.5%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	44.2%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	36.3%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth Foreside	Yarmouth
Drove alone	54.9%	75.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	45.1%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth Foreside	Yarmouth
1-unit, detached	85.0%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth Foreside	Yarmouth
Poverty rate	2.2%	12.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1968	1971