Brewer vs Millinocket

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

Brewer and Millinocket 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 4,111 in Millinocket). Brewer has the higher median household income ($51,490 vs $42,936 in Millinocket). Brewer has the higher median home value ($218,100 vs $86,500 in Millinocket).

Population, income & housing

	Brewer	Millinocket
Population	9,654	4,111
Median age	40.6 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,490	$42,936
Median home value	$218,100	$86,500
Median gross rent	$984	$555
Housing units	4,565	2,559
Homeownership rate	56.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewer	Millinocket
Population	9,090 → 9,654 (+6.2%)	4,287 → 4,111 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$52,174 → $51,490 (-1.3%)	$32,730 → $42,936 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $218,100 (+34.5%)	$60,700 → $86,500 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $984 (+13.8%)	$511 → $555 (+8.6%)

Brewer

Population

9,0909,654

Median household income

$52,174$51,490

Median home value

$162,100$218,100

Median gross rent

$865$984

Millinocket

Population

4,2874,111

Median household income

$32,730$42,936

Median home value

$60,700$86,500

Median gross rent

$511$555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewer	Millinocket
Under 5	5.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	20.9%
75 and over	10.1%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewer	Millinocket
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	99.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewer	Millinocket
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	28.5%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewer	Millinocket
Drove alone	81.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	12.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.6%
Other means	0.7%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewer	Millinocket
1-unit, detached	53.6%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	3.3%
20 or more units	5.5%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Brewer	Millinocket
Poverty rate	17.2%	24.8%
Average household size	2.12	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1960	1954