Fryeburg vs Mexico

A side-by-side comparison of Fryeburg and Mexico: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mexico has the higher population (2,026 vs 1,665 in Fryeburg). Fryeburg has the higher median household income ($61,944 vs $46,625 in Mexico). Fryeburg has the higher median home value ($268,100 vs $99,600 in Mexico).

Population, income & housing

	Fryeburg	Mexico
Population	1,665	2,026
Median age	48.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,944	$46,625
Median home value	$268,100	$99,600
Median gross rent	$869	$829
Housing units	729	1,171
Homeownership rate	69.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fryeburg	Mexico
Population	1,542 → 1,665 (+8.0%)	1,701 → 2,026 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$53,684 → $61,944 (+15.4%)	$38,556 → $46,625 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$175,500 → $268,100 (+52.8%)	$68,500 → $99,600 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $869 (+34.9%)	$596 → $829 (+39.1%)

Fryeburg

Population

1,5421,665

Median household income

$53,684$61,944

Median home value

$175,500$268,100

Median gross rent

$644$869

Mexico

Population

1,7012,026

Median household income

$38,556$46,625

Median home value

$68,500$99,600

Median gross rent

$596$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fryeburg	Mexico
Under 5	4.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	19.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	6.4%	4.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	16.7%
45 to 54	18.8%	5.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	15.8%
75 and over	8.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fryeburg	Mexico
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fryeburg	Mexico
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.8%
High school graduate	48.4%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fryeburg	Mexico
Drove alone	69.5%	92.8%
Carpooled	19.8%	1.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fryeburg	Mexico
1-unit, detached	78.6%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Fryeburg	Mexico
Poverty rate	13.3%	23.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1970	1951