Farmingdale vs Winthrop

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

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

Winthrop has the higher population (2,666 vs 2,163 in Farmingdale). Winthrop has the higher median household income ($54,612 vs $50,263 in Farmingdale). Winthrop has the higher median home value ($240,700 vs $213,700 in Farmingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Farmingdale	Winthrop
Population	2,163	2,666
Median age	36.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,263	$54,612
Median home value	$213,700	$240,700
Median gross rent	$912	$899
Housing units	1,045	1,335
Homeownership rate	62.2%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmingdale	Winthrop
Population	2,312 → 2,163 (-6.4%)	2,467 → 2,666 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$38,821 → $50,263 (+29.5%)	$60,223 → $54,612 (-9.3%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $213,700 (+35.3%)	$196,100 → $240,700 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $912 (+20.2%)	$752 → $899 (+19.5%)

Farmingdale

Population

2,3122,163

Median household income

$38,821$50,263

Median home value

$158,000$213,700

Median gross rent

$759$912

Winthrop

Population

2,4672,666

Median household income

$60,223$54,612

Median home value

$196,100$240,700

Median gross rent

$752$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmingdale	Winthrop
Under 5	6.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	27.5%
18 to 24	17.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	7.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.4%
75 and over	6.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmingdale	Winthrop
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
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%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmingdale	Winthrop
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	17.9%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmingdale	Winthrop
Drove alone	74.5%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	22.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmingdale	Winthrop
1-unit, detached	45.9%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	8.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Farmingdale	Winthrop
Poverty rate	26.4%	24.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1973	1971