Farmingdale vs Gardiner

A side-by-side comparison of Farmingdale and Gardiner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gardiner has the higher population (6,047 vs 2,163 in Farmingdale). Gardiner has the higher median household income ($58,152 vs $50,263 in Farmingdale). Farmingdale has the higher median home value ($213,700 vs $198,100 in Gardiner).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Gardiner
Population	2,163	6,047
Median age	36.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,263	$58,152
Median home value	$213,700	$198,100
Median gross rent	$912	$927
Housing units	1,045	3,065
Homeownership rate	62.2%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Gardiner
Population	2,312 → 2,163 (-6.4%)	5,657 → 6,047 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$38,821 → $50,263 (+29.5%)	$49,627 → $58,152 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $213,700 (+35.3%)	$140,700 → $198,100 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $912 (+20.2%)	$733 → $927 (+26.5%)

Farmingdale

Population

2,3122,163

Median household income

$38,821$50,263

Median home value

$158,000$213,700

Median gross rent

$759$912

Gardiner

Population

5,6576,047

Median household income

$49,627$58,152

Median home value

$140,700$198,100

Median gross rent

$733$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Gardiner
Under 5	6.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	17.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	7.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.2%
75 and over	6.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Gardiner
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Gardiner
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	17.9%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Gardiner
Drove alone	74.5%	73.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Gardiner
1-unit, detached	45.9%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	11.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Gardiner
Poverty rate	26.4%	11.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1973	1945