Brewer vs Hampden

A side-by-side comparison of Brewer and Hampden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brewer has the higher population (9,654 vs 4,937 in Hampden). Hampden has the higher median household income ($101,417 vs $51,490 in Brewer). Hampden has the higher median home value ($270,100 vs $218,100 in Brewer).

Population, income & housing

	Brewer	Hampden
Population	9,654	4,937
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,490	$101,417
Median home value	$218,100	$270,100
Median gross rent	$984	$985
Housing units	4,565	2,008
Homeownership rate	56.0%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	51.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewer	Hampden
Population	9,090 → 9,654 (+6.2%)	4,122 → 4,937 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$52,174 → $51,490 (-1.3%)	$87,629 → $101,417 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $218,100 (+34.5%)	$210,500 → $270,100 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $984 (+13.8%)	$869 → $985 (+13.3%)

Brewer

Population

9,0909,654

Median household income

$52,174$51,490

Median home value

$162,100$218,100

Median gross rent

$865$984

Hampden

Population

4,1224,937

Median household income

$87,629$101,417

Median home value

$210,500$270,100

Median gross rent

$869$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewer	Hampden
Under 5	5.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.9%
75 and over	10.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewer	Hampden
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	82.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewer	Hampden
No high school diploma	4.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	28.5%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewer	Hampden
Drove alone	81.3%	76.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	15.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewer	Hampden
1-unit, detached	53.6%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	10.6%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewer	Hampden
Poverty rate	17.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1960	1982