Alfred vs Cornish

A side-by-side comparison of Alfred and Cornish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cornish has the higher population (1,080 vs 696 in Alfred). Cornish has the higher median household income ($68,561 vs $32,476 in Alfred). Since 2019, Cornish's population has grown faster (+37.9% vs -37.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alfred	Cornish
Population	696	1,080
Median age	52.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$32,476	$68,561
Median home value	$359,800	—
Median gross rent	$764	$1,170
Housing units	373	524
Homeownership rate	49.5%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alfred	Cornish
Population	1,106 → 696 (-37.1%)	783 → 1,080 (+37.9%)
Median household income	$45,461 → $32,476 (-28.6%)	$58,119 → $68,561 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$216,500 → $359,800 (+66.2%)	$145,800 → $178,100 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $764 (+2.4%)	$1,037 → $1,170 (+12.8%)

Alfred

Population

1,106696

Median household income

$45,461$32,476

Median home value

$216,500$359,800

Median gross rent

$746$764

Cornish

Population

7831,080

Median household income

$58,119$68,561

Median home value

$145,800$178,100

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alfred	Cornish
Under 5	4.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	8.6%
18 to 24	13.8%	2.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	32.8%
45 to 54	17.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	22.4%	20.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.6%
75 and over	10.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alfred	Cornish
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	69.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	30.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alfred	Cornish
No high school diploma	2.2%	12.3%
High school graduate	45.1%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alfred	Cornish
Drove alone	81.9%	84.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alfred	Cornish
1-unit, detached	56.6%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	36.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Alfred	Cornish
Poverty rate	13.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1970	1956