Brewer vs Old Town

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

Brewer and Old Town 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 7,439 in Old Town). Brewer has the higher median household income ($51,490 vs $49,329 in Old Town). Brewer has the higher median home value ($218,100 vs $183,200 in Old Town).

Population, income & housing

	Brewer	Old Town
Population	9,654	7,439
Median age	40.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,490	$49,329
Median home value	$218,100	$183,200
Median gross rent	$984	$1,014
Housing units	4,565	3,797
Homeownership rate	56.0%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewer	Old Town
Population	9,090 → 9,654 (+6.2%)	7,474 → 7,439 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$52,174 → $51,490 (-1.3%)	$42,679 → $49,329 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $218,100 (+34.5%)	$135,700 → $183,200 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $984 (+13.8%)	$762 → $1,014 (+33.1%)

Brewer

Population

9,0909,654

Median household income

$52,174$51,490

Median home value

$162,100$218,100

Median gross rent

$865$984

Old Town

Population

7,4747,439

Median household income

$42,679$49,329

Median home value

$135,700$183,200

Median gross rent

$762$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewer	Old Town
Under 5	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	10.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.4%
75 and over	10.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewer	Old Town
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	92.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewer	Old Town
No high school diploma	4.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.5%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewer	Old Town
Drove alone	81.3%	67.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	20.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewer	Old Town
1-unit, detached	53.6%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	23.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	7.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Brewer	Old Town
Poverty rate	17.2%	21.3%
Average household size	2.12	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1960	1964