Fryeburg vs Norway

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

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

Norway has the higher population (3,145 vs 1,665 in Fryeburg). Fryeburg has the higher median household income ($61,944 vs $41,370 in Norway). Fryeburg has the higher median home value ($268,100 vs $121,200 in Norway).

Population, income & housing

	Fryeburg	Norway
Population	1,665	3,145
Median age	48.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,944	$41,370
Median home value	$268,100	$121,200
Median gross rent	$869	$758
Housing units	729	1,409
Homeownership rate	69.3%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fryeburg	Norway
Population	1,542 → 1,665 (+8.0%)	2,641 → 3,145 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$53,684 → $61,944 (+15.4%)	$38,021 → $41,370 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$175,500 → $268,100 (+52.8%)	$97,100 → $121,200 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $869 (+34.9%)	$715 → $758 (+6.0%)

Fryeburg

Population

1,5421,665

Median household income

$53,684$61,944

Median home value

$175,500$268,100

Median gross rent

$644$869

Norway

Population

2,6413,145

Median household income

$38,021$41,370

Median home value

$97,100$121,200

Median gross rent

$715$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fryeburg	Norway
Under 5	4.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	5.5%
45 to 54	18.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	15.0%
75 and over	8.2%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fryeburg	Norway
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fryeburg	Norway
No high school diploma	8.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	48.4%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fryeburg	Norway
Drove alone	69.5%	70.4%
Carpooled	19.8%	20.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fryeburg	Norway
1-unit, detached	78.6%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Fryeburg	Norway
Poverty rate	13.3%	34.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1970	1958