Belfast vs Searsport

A side-by-side comparison of Belfast and Searsport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belfast has the higher population (6,985 vs 1,264 in Searsport). Searsport has the higher median household income ($62,159 vs $61,322 in Belfast). Belfast has the higher median home value ($307,700 vs $292,100 in Searsport).

Population, income & housing

	Belfast	Searsport
Population	6,985	1,264
Median age	56.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,322	$62,159
Median home value	$307,700	$292,100
Median gross rent	$986	$897
Housing units	4,120	841
Homeownership rate	67.3%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfast	Searsport
Population	6,688 → 6,985 (+4.4%)	1,185 → 1,264 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$62,857 → $61,322 (-2.4%)	$37,337 → $62,159 (+66.5%)
Median home value	$190,500 → $307,700 (+61.5%)	$179,500 → $292,100 (+62.7%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $986 (+11.0%)	$507 → $897 (+76.9%)

Belfast

Population

6,6886,985

Median household income

$62,857$61,322

Median home value

$190,500$307,700

Median gross rent

$888$986

Searsport

Population

1,1851,264

Median household income

$37,337$62,159

Median home value

$179,500$292,100

Median gross rent

$507$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfast	Searsport
Under 5	4.5%	1.2%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	7.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	24.0%	12.0%
75 and over	12.1%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfast	Searsport
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	90.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfast	Searsport
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfast	Searsport
Drove alone	71.1%	60.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	34.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfast	Searsport
1-unit, detached	55.6%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	15.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Belfast	Searsport
Poverty rate	18.2%	16.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1969	1957