Fryeburg vs Rumford

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

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

Rumford has the higher population (4,017 vs 1,665 in Fryeburg). Fryeburg has the higher median household income ($61,944 vs $32,240 in Rumford). Fryeburg has the higher median home value ($268,100 vs $115,300 in Rumford).

Population, income & housing

	Fryeburg	Rumford
Population	1,665	4,017
Median age	48.8 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,944	$32,240
Median home value	$268,100	$115,300
Median gross rent	$869	$622
Housing units	729	2,686
Homeownership rate	69.3%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fryeburg	Rumford
Population	1,542 → 1,665 (+8.0%)	3,672 → 4,017 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$53,684 → $61,944 (+15.4%)	$34,958 → $32,240 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$175,500 → $268,100 (+52.8%)	$78,000 → $115,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $869 (+34.9%)	$570 → $622 (+9.1%)

Fryeburg

Population

1,5421,665

Median household income

$53,684$61,944

Median home value

$175,500$268,100

Median gross rent

$644$869

Rumford

Population

3,6724,017

Median household income

$34,958$32,240

Median home value

$78,000$115,300

Median gross rent

$570$622

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fryeburg	Rumford
Under 5	4.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	19.8%	8.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	6.4%	6.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	18.8%	14.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	19.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	20.0%
75 and over	8.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fryeburg	Rumford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fryeburg	Rumford
No high school diploma	8.1%	11.4%
High school graduate	48.4%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fryeburg	Rumford
Drove alone	69.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	19.8%	6.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fryeburg	Rumford
1-unit, detached	78.6%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	28.3%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Fryeburg	Rumford
Poverty rate	13.3%	27.1%
Average household size	2.55	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1970	1943