Farmingdale vs Hallowell

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

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

Hallowell has the higher population (2,570 vs 2,163 in Farmingdale). Hallowell has the higher median household income ($58,811 vs $50,263 in Farmingdale). Hallowell has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $213,700 in Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Hallowell
Population	2,163	2,570
Median age	36.2 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,263	$58,811
Median home value	$213,700	$266,700
Median gross rent	$912	$830
Housing units	1,045	1,436
Homeownership rate	62.2%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Hallowell
Population	2,312 → 2,163 (-6.4%)	2,445 → 2,570 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$38,821 → $50,263 (+29.5%)	$57,635 → $58,811 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $213,700 (+35.3%)	$192,000 → $266,700 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $912 (+20.2%)	$863 → $830 (-3.8%)

Farmingdale

Population

2,3122,163

Median household income

$38,821$50,263

Median home value

$158,000$213,700

Median gross rent

$759$912

Hallowell

Population

2,4452,570

Median household income

$57,635$58,811

Median home value

$192,000$266,700

Median gross rent

$863$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Hallowell
Under 5	6.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	9.7%
18 to 24	17.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	7.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	7.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	17.8%
75 and over	6.1%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Hallowell
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Hallowell
No high school diploma	4.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	17.9%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Hallowell
Drove alone	74.5%	78.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Hallowell
1-unit, detached	45.9%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	11.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Hallowell
Poverty rate	26.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.08	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1973	1938