Falmouth vs Steep Falls

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

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

Steep Falls has the higher population (1,720 vs 1,447 in Falmouth). Falmouth has the higher median household income ($89,625 vs $68,125 in Steep Falls). Falmouth has the higher median home value ($737,300 vs $241,000 in Steep Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth	Steep Falls
Population	1,447	1,720
Median age	62.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,625	$68,125
Median home value	$737,300	$241,000
Median gross rent	$1,441	$974
Housing units	800	636
Homeownership rate	67.8%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth	Steep Falls
Population	1,949 → 1,447 (-25.8%)	1,683 → 1,720 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$99,861 → $89,625 (-10.3%)	$88,015 → $68,125 (-22.6%)
Median home value	$428,700 → $737,300 (+72.0%)	$218,200 → $241,000 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,356 → $1,441 (+6.3%)	$1,359 → $974 (-28.3%)

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

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	Steep Falls
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	30.5%
18 to 24	1.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	17.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	21.1%	20.8%
65 to 74	19.5%	8.5%
75 and over	20.1%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth	Steep Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth	Steep Falls
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	18.1%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth	Steep Falls
Drove alone	69.3%	84.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth	Steep Falls
1-unit, detached	58.5%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth	Steep Falls
Poverty rate	4.6%	16.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1969	1966