Westbrook vs Yarmouth

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

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

Westbrook has the higher population (20,484 vs 6,293 in Yarmouth). Yarmouth has the higher median household income ($92,311 vs $85,868 in Westbrook). Yarmouth has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $341,800 in Westbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Westbrook	Yarmouth
Population	20,484	6,293
Median age	37.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,868	$92,311
Median home value	$341,800	$506,300
Median gross rent	$1,373	$1,694
Housing units	9,404	2,462
Homeownership rate	64.3%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Westbrook	Yarmouth
Population	18,633 → 20,484 (+9.9%)	5,681 → 6,293 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$59,460 → $85,868 (+44.4%)	$79,025 → $92,311 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $341,800 (+46.8%)	$329,600 → $506,300 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,373 (+33.3%)	$1,201 → $1,694 (+41.0%)

Westbrook

Population

18,63320,484

Median household income

$59,460$85,868

Median home value

$232,900$341,800

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,373

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)

	Westbrook	Yarmouth
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	20.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	18.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.6%
75 and over	7.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Westbrook	Yarmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	93.9%
Black or African American	5.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Westbrook	Yarmouth
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	26.3%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Westbrook	Yarmouth
Drove alone	71.3%	75.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.1%	16.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Westbrook	Yarmouth
1-unit, detached	45.5%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	8.9%
20 or more units	10.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Westbrook	Yarmouth
Poverty rate	9.1%	12.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1975	1971