Portland vs Yarmouth

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

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

Portland has the higher population (68,505 vs 6,293 in Yarmouth). Yarmouth has the higher median household income ($92,311 vs $76,174 in Portland). Yarmouth has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $452,600 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Portland	Yarmouth
Population	68,505	6,293
Median age	37.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,174	$92,311
Median home value	$452,600	$506,300
Median gross rent	$1,487	$1,694
Housing units	35,957	2,462
Homeownership rate	46.7%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portland	Yarmouth
Population	66,595 → 68,505 (+2.9%)	5,681 → 6,293 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$60,467 → $76,174 (+26.0%)	$79,025 → $92,311 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$289,000 → $452,600 (+56.6%)	$329,600 → $506,300 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,124 → $1,487 (+32.3%)	$1,201 → $1,694 (+41.0%)

Portland

Population

66,59568,505

Median household income

$60,467$76,174

Median home value

$289,000$452,600

Median gross rent

$1,124$1,487

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)

	Portland	Yarmouth
Under 5	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	10.9%	20.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	20.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.6%
75 and over	7.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portland	Yarmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	8.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portland	Yarmouth
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	15.1%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portland	Yarmouth
Drove alone	56.1%	75.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.4%
Walked	11.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	21.5%	16.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portland	Yarmouth
1-unit, detached	36.9%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	26.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	8.9%
20 or more units	16.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Portland	Yarmouth
Poverty rate	11.2%	12.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1946	1971