Belfast vs Unity

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

Belfast and Unity 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 320 in Unity). Belfast has the higher median household income ($61,322 vs $25,795 in Unity). Belfast has the higher median home value ($307,700 vs $156,500 in Unity).

Population, income & housing

	Belfast	Unity
Population	6,985	320
Median age	56.7 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,322	$25,795
Median home value	$307,700	$156,500
Median gross rent	$986	$553
Housing units	4,120	287
Homeownership rate	67.3%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfast	Unity
Population	6,688 → 6,985 (+4.4%)	377 → 320 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$62,857 → $61,322 (-2.4%)	$18,229 → $25,795 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$190,500 → $307,700 (+61.5%)	$168,800 → $156,500 (-7.3%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $986 (+11.0%)	$523 → $553 (+5.7%)

Belfast

Population

6,6886,985

Median household income

$62,857$61,322

Median home value

$190,500$307,700

Median gross rent

$888$986

Unity

Population

377320

Median household income

$18,229$25,795

Median home value

$168,800$156,500

Median gross rent

$523$553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfast	Unity
Under 5	4.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	6.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	7.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	33.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	24.0%	5.3%
75 and over	12.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfast	Unity
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	96.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfast	Unity
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	23.6%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfast	Unity
Drove alone	71.1%	50.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	21.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	28.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfast	Unity
1-unit, detached	55.6%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	25.8%
20 or more units	5.8%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Belfast	Unity
Poverty rate	18.2%	29.4%
Average household size	2.07	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1969	1984