Chisholm vs Farmington

A side-by-side comparison of Chisholm and Farmington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farmington has the higher population (4,879 vs 1,115 in Chisholm). Chisholm has the higher median household income ($59,524 vs $39,646 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median home value ($161,800 vs $131,000 in Chisholm).

Population, income & housing

	Chisholm	Farmington
Population	1,115	4,879
Median age	51.1 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,524	$39,646
Median home value	$131,000	$161,800
Median gross rent	$734	$838
Housing units	483	1,960
Homeownership rate	59.6%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chisholm	Farmington
Population	1,513 → 1,115 (-26.3%)	4,143 → 4,879 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$56,020 → $59,524 (+6.3%)	$40,430 → $39,646 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$129,600 → $131,000 (+1.1%)	$173,200 → $161,800 (-6.6%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $734 (+31.5%)	$630 → $838 (+33.0%)

Chisholm

Population

1,5131,115

Median household income

$56,020$59,524

Median home value

$129,600$131,000

Median gross rent

$558$734

Farmington

Population

4,1434,879

Median household income

$40,430$39,646

Median home value

$173,200$161,800

Median gross rent

$630$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chisholm	Farmington
Under 5	0.0%	0.1%
5 to 17	2.8%	6.8%
18 to 24	16.8%	35.9%
25 to 34	16.1%	6.6%
35 to 44	2.2%	5.7%
45 to 54	22.0%	5.2%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	19.0%	8.7%
75 and over	13.0%	19.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chisholm	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	9.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chisholm	Farmington
No high school diploma	0.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	54.6%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chisholm	Farmington
Drove alone	77.1%	52.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	15.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	4.2%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chisholm	Farmington
1-unit, detached	71.2%	42.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	24.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Chisholm	Farmington
Poverty rate	11.1%	25.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1968	1962