Searsport vs Unity

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

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

Searsport has the higher population (1,264 vs 320 in Unity). Searsport has the higher median household income ($62,159 vs $25,795 in Unity). Searsport has the higher median home value ($292,100 vs $156,500 in Unity).

Population, income & housing

	Searsport	Unity
Population	1,264	320
Median age	41.0 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,159	$25,795
Median home value	$292,100	$156,500
Median gross rent	$897	$553
Housing units	841	287
Homeownership rate	49.0%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Searsport	Unity
Population	1,185 → 1,264 (+6.7%)	377 → 320 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$37,337 → $62,159 (+66.5%)	$18,229 → $25,795 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $292,100 (+62.7%)	$168,800 → $156,500 (-7.3%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $897 (+76.9%)	$523 → $553 (+5.7%)

Searsport

Population

1,1851,264

Median household income

$37,337$62,159

Median home value

$179,500$292,100

Median gross rent

$507$897

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)

	Searsport	Unity
Under 5	1.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	6.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	33.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.0%	5.3%
75 and over	13.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Searsport	Unity
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Searsport	Unity
No high school diploma	2.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Searsport	Unity
Drove alone	60.1%	50.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	21.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.6%	28.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Searsport	Unity
1-unit, detached	67.4%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	25.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Searsport	Unity
Poverty rate	16.1%	29.4%
Average household size	2.02	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1957	1984