Farmingdale vs Winslow

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

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

Winslow has the higher population (5,701 vs 2,163 in Farmingdale). Winslow has the higher median household income ($56,506 vs $50,263 in Farmingdale). Farmingdale has the higher median home value ($213,700 vs $200,100 in Winslow).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Winslow
Population	2,163	5,701
Median age	36.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,263	$56,506
Median home value	$213,700	$200,100
Median gross rent	$912	$953
Housing units	1,045	2,703
Homeownership rate	62.2%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Winslow
Population	2,312 → 2,163 (-6.4%)	4,928 → 5,701 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$38,821 → $50,263 (+29.5%)	$46,980 → $56,506 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $213,700 (+35.3%)	$130,000 → $200,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $912 (+20.2%)	$807 → $953 (+18.1%)

Farmingdale

Population

2,3122,163

Median household income

$38,821$50,263

Median home value

$158,000$213,700

Median gross rent

$759$912

Winslow

Population

4,9285,701

Median household income

$46,980$56,506

Median home value

$130,000$200,100

Median gross rent

$807$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Winslow
Under 5	6.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	17.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	16.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.2%
75 and over	6.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Winslow
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Winslow
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	17.9%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Winslow
Drove alone	74.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Winslow
1-unit, detached	45.9%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	23.2%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	12.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Winslow
Poverty rate	26.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1973	1966