Brewer vs Orono

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

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

Orono has the higher population (10,699 vs 9,654 in Brewer). Orono has the higher median household income ($56,890 vs $51,490 in Brewer). Orono has the higher median home value ($219,200 vs $218,100 in Brewer).

Population, income & housing

	Brewer	Orono
Population	9,654	10,699
Median age	40.6 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,490	$56,890
Median home value	$218,100	$219,200
Median gross rent	$984	$1,150
Housing units	4,565	3,262
Homeownership rate	56.0%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewer	Orono
Population	9,090 → 9,654 (+6.2%)	9,541 → 10,699 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$52,174 → $51,490 (-1.3%)	$39,688 → $56,890 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $218,100 (+34.5%)	$172,800 → $219,200 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $984 (+13.8%)	$907 → $1,150 (+26.8%)

Brewer

Population

9,0909,654

Median household income

$52,174$51,490

Median home value

$162,100$218,100

Median gross rent

$865$984

Orono

Population

9,54110,699

Median household income

$39,688$56,890

Median home value

$172,800$219,200

Median gross rent

$907$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewer	Orono
Under 5	5.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	4.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	56.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	4.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	4.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	4.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	5.5%
75 and over	10.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewer	Orono
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	86.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewer	Orono
No high school diploma	4.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	28.5%	12.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	37.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewer	Orono
Drove alone	81.3%	59.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	19.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.3%	9.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewer	Orono
1-unit, detached	53.6%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	23.7%
20 or more units	5.5%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Brewer	Orono
Poverty rate	17.2%	28.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1960	1976