Bingham vs Pittsfield

A side-by-side comparison of Bingham and Pittsfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pittsfield has the higher population (3,078 vs 613 in Bingham). Pittsfield has the higher median household income ($57,292 vs $53,750 in Bingham). Pittsfield has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $108,900 in Bingham).

Population, income & housing

	Bingham	Pittsfield
Population	613	3,078
Median age	46.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$57,292
Median home value	$108,900	$151,100
Median gross rent	$367	$851
Housing units	398	1,297
Homeownership rate	83.1%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bingham	Pittsfield
Population	784 → 613 (-21.8%)	2,958 → 3,078 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$33,306 → $53,750 (+61.4%)	$41,544 → $57,292 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $108,900 (+46.6%)	$127,200 → $151,100 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $367 (-39.8%)	$347 → $851 (+145.2%)

Bingham

Population

784613

Median household income

$33,306$53,750

Median home value

$74,300$108,900

Median gross rent

$610$367

Pittsfield

Population

2,9583,078

Median household income

$41,544$57,292

Median home value

$127,200$151,100

Median gross rent

$347$851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bingham	Pittsfield
Under 5	5.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	0.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	16.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	4.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	17.3%	9.9%
75 and over	10.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bingham	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bingham	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	39.8%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bingham	Pittsfield
Drove alone	78.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	19.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bingham	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	74.1%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Bingham	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	14.7%	22.2%
Average household size	2.03	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	38	24
Median year structure built	1947	1949