Pittsfield vs Skowhegan

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

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

Skowhegan has the higher population (6,638 vs 3,078 in Pittsfield). Pittsfield has the higher median household income ($57,292 vs $46,625 in Skowhegan). Pittsfield has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $138,600 in Skowhegan).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsfield	Skowhegan
Population	3,078	6,638
Median age	39.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,292	$46,625
Median home value	$151,100	$138,600
Median gross rent	$851	$856
Housing units	1,297	3,310
Homeownership rate	65.0%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsfield	Skowhegan
Population	2,958 → 3,078 (+4.1%)	6,313 → 6,638 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$41,544 → $57,292 (+37.9%)	$42,099 → $46,625 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$127,200 → $151,100 (+18.8%)	$101,200 → $138,600 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$347 → $851 (+145.2%)	$803 → $856 (+6.6%)

Pittsfield

Population

2,9583,078

Median household income

$41,544$57,292

Median home value

$127,200$151,100

Median gross rent

$347$851

Skowhegan

Population

6,3136,638

Median household income

$42,099$46,625

Median home value

$101,200$138,600

Median gross rent

$803$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pittsfield	Skowhegan
Under 5	5.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	16.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.8%
75 and over	8.3%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsfield	Skowhegan
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	94.2%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsfield	Skowhegan
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	41.2%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsfield	Skowhegan
Drove alone	78.2%	68.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	20.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsfield	Skowhegan
1-unit, detached	64.6%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Pittsfield	Skowhegan
Poverty rate	22.2%	16.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1949	1964