Farmingdale vs Oakland

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (2,714 vs 2,163 in Farmingdale). Farmingdale has the higher median household income ($50,263 vs $44,846 in Oakland). Farmingdale has the higher median home value ($213,700 vs $142,800 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Oakland
Population	2,163	2,714
Median age	36.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,263	$44,846
Median home value	$213,700	$142,800
Median gross rent	$912	$932
Housing units	1,045	1,324
Homeownership rate	62.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Oakland
Population	2,312 → 2,163 (-6.4%)	2,389 → 2,714 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$38,821 → $50,263 (+29.5%)	$57,794 → $44,846 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $213,700 (+35.3%)	$166,000 → $142,800 (-14.0%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $912 (+20.2%)	$817 → $932 (+14.1%)

Farmingdale

Population

2,3122,163

Median household income

$38,821$50,263

Median home value

$158,000$213,700

Median gross rent

$759$912

Oakland

Population

2,3892,714

Median household income

$57,794$44,846

Median home value

$166,000$142,800

Median gross rent

$817$932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Oakland
Under 5	6.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	17.7%	3.5%
25 to 34	7.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	19.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.4%
75 and over	6.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Oakland
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	17.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Oakland
Drove alone	74.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Oakland
1-unit, detached	45.9%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	21.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Oakland
Poverty rate	26.4%	17.2%
Average household size	2.08	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1973	1974