Falmouth vs South Windham

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

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

Falmouth has the higher population (1,447 vs 1,047 in South Windham). South Windham has the higher median household income ($128,108 vs $89,625 in Falmouth). Falmouth has the higher median home value ($737,300 vs $325,700 in South Windham).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth	South Windham
Population	1,447	1,047
Median age	62.3 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$89,625	$128,108
Median home value	$737,300	$325,700
Median gross rent	$1,441	—
Housing units	800	291
Homeownership rate	67.8%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth	South Windham
Population	1,949 → 1,447 (-25.8%)	1,119 → 1,047 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$99,861 → $89,625 (-10.3%)	$41,905 → $128,108 (+205.7%)
Median home value	$428,700 → $737,300 (+72.0%)	$222,200 → $325,700 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,356 → $1,441 (+6.3%)	—

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

South Windham

Population

1,1191,047

Median household income

$41,905$128,108

Median home value

$222,200$325,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falmouth	South Windham
Under 5	3.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	8.9%	1.9%
18 to 24	1.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	29.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	21.1%	18.8%
65 to 74	19.5%	9.7%
75 and over	20.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth	South Windham
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	84.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth	South Windham
No high school diploma	1.2%	8.7%
High school graduate	18.1%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth	South Windham
Drove alone	69.3%	64.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	17.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth	South Windham
1-unit, detached	58.5%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	31.3%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth	South Windham
Poverty rate	4.6%	11.9%
Average household size	1.94	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	18	34
Median year structure built	1969	1987