Falmouth vs Freeport

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

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

Freeport has the higher population (1,544 vs 1,447 in Falmouth). Falmouth has the higher median household income ($89,625 vs $48,352 in Freeport). Falmouth has the higher median home value ($737,300 vs $344,100 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth	Freeport
Population	1,447	1,544
Median age	62.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,625	$48,352
Median home value	$737,300	$344,100
Median gross rent	$1,441	$1,426
Housing units	800	1,012
Homeownership rate	67.8%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	54.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth	Freeport
Population	1,949 → 1,447 (-25.8%)	1,537 → 1,544 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$99,861 → $89,625 (-10.3%)	$71,394 → $48,352 (-32.3%)
Median home value	$428,700 → $737,300 (+72.0%)	$177,400 → $344,100 (+94.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,356 → $1,441 (+6.3%)	$991 → $1,426 (+43.9%)

Falmouth

Population

1,9491,447

Median household income

$99,861$89,625

Median home value

$428,700$737,300

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,441

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)

	Falmouth	Freeport
Under 5	3.6%	10.2%
5 to 17	8.9%	8.7%
18 to 24	1.5%	2.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	24.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	18.6%
55 to 64	21.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	19.5%	14.6%
75 and over	20.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth	Freeport
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	81.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	16.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth	Freeport
No high school diploma	1.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	18.1%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth	Freeport
Drove alone	69.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	1.6%
Public transit	1.5%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	9.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth	Freeport
1-unit, detached	58.5%	27.5%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	40.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth	Freeport
Poverty rate	4.6%	23.4%
Average household size	1.94	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1969	1975