Belfast vs Winterport

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

Belfast and Winterport 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 1,043 in Winterport). Winterport has the higher median household income ($72,708 vs $61,322 in Belfast). Belfast has the higher median home value ($307,700 vs $237,900 in Winterport).

Population, income & housing

	Belfast	Winterport
Population	6,985	1,043
Median age	56.7 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,322	$72,708
Median home value	$307,700	$237,900
Median gross rent	$986	$667
Housing units	4,120	469
Homeownership rate	67.3%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfast	Winterport
Population	6,688 → 6,985 (+4.4%)	1,242 → 1,043 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$62,857 → $61,322 (-2.4%)	$65,625 → $72,708 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$190,500 → $307,700 (+61.5%)	$172,500 → $237,900 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $986 (+11.0%)	$706 → $667 (-5.5%)

Belfast

Population

6,6886,985

Median household income

$62,857$61,322

Median home value

$190,500$307,700

Median gross rent

$888$986

Winterport

Population

1,2421,043

Median household income

$65,625$72,708

Median home value

$172,500$237,900

Median gross rent

$706$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfast	Winterport
Under 5	4.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	20.3%
65 to 74	24.0%	11.1%
75 and over	12.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfast	Winterport
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	96.2%
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%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfast	Winterport
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	23.6%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfast	Winterport
Drove alone	71.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	10.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.3%	7.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfast	Winterport
1-unit, detached	55.6%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Belfast	Winterport
Poverty rate	18.2%	13.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1969	1974