Farmington vs Kingfield

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

Farmington and Kingfield 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 583 in Kingfield). Farmington has the higher median household income ($39,646 vs $36,648 in Kingfield). Kingfield has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $161,800 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Kingfield
Population	4,879	583
Median age	37.0 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,646	$36,648
Median home value	$161,800	$173,300
Median gross rent	$838	$633
Housing units	1,960	374
Homeownership rate	37.8%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Kingfield
Population	4,143 → 4,879 (+17.8%)	627 → 583 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$40,430 → $39,646 (-1.9%)	$42,000 → $36,648 (-12.7%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $161,800 (-6.6%)	$122,000 → $173,300 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $838 (+33.0%)	$856 → $633 (-26.1%)

Farmington

Population

4,1434,879

Median household income

$40,430$39,646

Median home value

$173,200$161,800

Median gross rent

$630$838

Kingfield

Population

627583

Median household income

$42,000$36,648

Median home value

$122,000$173,300

Median gross rent

$856$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Kingfield
Under 5	0.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	6.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	35.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	5.7%	6.5%
45 to 54	5.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	26.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.4%
75 and over	19.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Kingfield
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	98.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Kingfield
No high school diploma	9.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	25.8%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Kingfield
Drove alone	52.7%	67.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	21.7%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Kingfield
1-unit, detached	42.1%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	24.5%	2.7%
20 or more units	11.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Kingfield
Poverty rate	25.4%	22.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1962	1945