Farmington vs Rangeley

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

Farmington and Rangeley 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 532 in Rangeley). Farmington has the higher median household income ($39,646 vs $29,231 in Rangeley). Farmington has the higher median home value ($161,800 vs $158,300 in Rangeley).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Rangeley
Population	4,879	532
Median age	37.0 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,646	$29,231
Median home value	$161,800	$158,300
Median gross rent	$838	$624
Housing units	1,960	545
Homeownership rate	37.8%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Rangeley
Population	4,143 → 4,879 (+17.8%)	672 → 532 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$40,430 → $39,646 (-1.9%)	$60,938 → $29,231 (-52.0%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $161,800 (-6.6%)	$126,800 → $158,300 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $838 (+33.0%)	$590 → $624 (+5.8%)

Farmington

Population

4,1434,879

Median household income

$40,430$39,646

Median home value

$173,200$161,800

Median gross rent

$630$838

Rangeley

Population

672532

Median household income

$60,938$29,231

Median home value

$126,800$158,300

Median gross rent

$590$624

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Rangeley
Under 5	0.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	35.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.6%	3.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	5.2%	22.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	22.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.8%
75 and over	19.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Rangeley
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Rangeley
No high school diploma	9.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	25.8%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Rangeley
Drove alone	52.7%	63.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	4.4%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Rangeley
1-unit, detached	42.1%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	24.5%	11.7%
20 or more units	11.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Rangeley
Poverty rate	25.4%	2.3%
Average household size	2.17	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1962	1951