North Windham vs Yarmouth

A side-by-side comparison of North Windham and Yarmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

North Windham 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 5,633 in North Windham). Yarmouth has the higher median household income ($92,311 vs $86,972 in North Windham). Yarmouth has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $309,900 in North Windham).

Population, income & housing

	North Windham	Yarmouth
Population	5,633	6,293
Median age	43.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,972	$92,311
Median home value	$309,900	$506,300
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,694
Housing units	2,606	2,462
Homeownership rate	81.0%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Windham	Yarmouth
Population	6,131 → 5,633 (-8.1%)	5,681 → 6,293 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$77,606 → $86,972 (+12.1%)	$79,025 → $92,311 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$229,500 → $309,900 (+35.0%)	$329,600 → $506,300 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,123 → $1,304 (+16.1%)	$1,201 → $1,694 (+41.0%)

North Windham

Population

6,1315,633

Median household income

$77,606$86,972

Median home value

$229,500$309,900

Median gross rent

$1,123$1,304

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)

	North Windham	Yarmouth
Under 5	4.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	20.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	21.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.6%
75 and over	8.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Windham	Yarmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Windham	Yarmouth
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	32.5%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Windham	Yarmouth
Drove alone	68.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	12.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.4%	16.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Windham	Yarmouth
1-unit, detached	74.9%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Windham	Yarmouth
Poverty rate	5.5%	12.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1979	1971