Freeport vs Steep Falls

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

Freeport 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 1,544 in Freeport). Steep Falls has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $48,352 in Freeport). Freeport has the higher median home value ($344,100 vs $241,000 in Steep Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Steep Falls
Population	1,544	1,720
Median age	43.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,352	$68,125
Median home value	$344,100	$241,000
Median gross rent	$1,426	$974
Housing units	1,012	636
Homeownership rate	38.9%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.2%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	15.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Steep Falls
Population	1,537 → 1,544 (+0.5%)	1,683 → 1,720 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$71,394 → $48,352 (-32.3%)	$88,015 → $68,125 (-22.6%)
Median home value	$177,400 → $344,100 (+94.0%)	$218,200 → $241,000 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,426 (+43.9%)	$1,359 → $974 (-28.3%)

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

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)

	Freeport	Steep Falls
Under 5	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	30.5%
18 to 24	2.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	24.4%	17.3%
45 to 54	18.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	20.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	8.5%
75 and over	2.6%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Steep Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Steep Falls
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	13.2%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	43.9%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Steep Falls
Drove alone	77.8%	84.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	9.2%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Steep Falls
1-unit, detached	27.5%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	40.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Steep Falls
Poverty rate	23.4%	16.1%
Average household size	1.78	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1975	1966