Alfred vs North Berwick

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

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

North Berwick has the higher population (1,811 vs 696 in Alfred). North Berwick has the higher median household income ($54,612 vs $32,476 in Alfred). Alfred has the higher median home value ($359,800 vs $296,300 in North Berwick).

Population, income & housing

	Alfred	North Berwick
Population	696	1,811
Median age	52.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$32,476	$54,612
Median home value	$359,800	$296,300
Median gross rent	$764	$1,032
Housing units	373	864
Homeownership rate	49.5%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alfred	North Berwick
Population	1,106 → 696 (-37.1%)	1,439 → 1,811 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$45,461 → $32,476 (-28.6%)	$47,226 → $54,612 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$216,500 → $359,800 (+66.2%)	$238,000 → $296,300 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $764 (+2.4%)	$763 → $1,032 (+35.3%)

Alfred

Population

1,106696

Median household income

$45,461$32,476

Median home value

$216,500$359,800

Median gross rent

$746$764

North Berwick

Population

1,4391,811

Median household income

$47,226$54,612

Median home value

$238,000$296,300

Median gross rent

$763$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alfred	North Berwick
Under 5	4.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	13.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	17.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	22.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.3%
75 and over	10.1%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alfred	North Berwick
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alfred	North Berwick
No high school diploma	2.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	45.1%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alfred	North Berwick
Drove alone	81.9%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	8.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alfred	North Berwick
1-unit, detached	56.6%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	36.7%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Alfred	North Berwick
Poverty rate	13.6%	2.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1970	1938