Berwick vs Cornish

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

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

Berwick has the higher population (2,085 vs 1,080 in Cornish). Cornish has the higher median household income ($68,561 vs $64,864 in Berwick). Since 2019, Cornish's population has grown faster (+37.9% vs -11.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Berwick	Cornish
Population	2,085	1,080
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,864	$68,561
Median home value	$309,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,170
Housing units	1,015	524
Homeownership rate	69.1%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwick	Cornish
Population	2,354 → 2,085 (-11.4%)	783 → 1,080 (+37.9%)
Median household income	$75,503 → $64,864 (-14.1%)	$58,119 → $68,561 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $309,600 (+51.0%)	$145,800 → $178,100 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,044 (+6.5%)	$1,037 → $1,170 (+12.8%)

Berwick

Population

2,3542,085

Median household income

$75,503$64,864

Median home value

$205,100$309,600

Median gross rent

$980$1,044

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)

	Berwick	Cornish
Under 5	0.5%	1.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	23.3%	32.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.6%
75 and over	9.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwick	Cornish
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	69.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	30.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwick	Cornish
No high school diploma	5.7%	12.3%
High school graduate	40.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwick	Cornish
Drove alone	79.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	13.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwick	Cornish
1-unit, detached	63.5%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Berwick	Cornish
Poverty rate	5.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1970	1956