Berwick vs Lake Arrowhead

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

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

Lake Arrowhead has the higher population (3,273 vs 2,085 in Berwick). Lake Arrowhead has the higher median household income ($84,221 vs $64,864 in Berwick). Berwick has the higher median home value ($309,600 vs $226,400 in Lake Arrowhead).

Population, income & housing

	Berwick	Lake Arrowhead
Population	2,085	3,273
Median age	42.5 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,864	$84,221
Median home value	$309,600	$226,400
Median gross rent	$1,044	$2,120
Housing units	1,015	1,217
Homeownership rate	69.1%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwick	Lake Arrowhead
Population	2,354 → 2,085 (-11.4%)	3,067 → 3,273 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$75,503 → $64,864 (-14.1%)	$77,031 → $84,221 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $309,600 (+51.0%)	$167,100 → $226,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,044 (+6.5%)	$1,325 → $2,120 (+60.0%)

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

Lake Arrowhead

Population

3,0673,273

Median household income

$77,031$84,221

Median home value

$167,100$226,400

Median gross rent

$1,325$2,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwick	Lake Arrowhead
Under 5	0.5%	10.7%
5 to 17	26.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	14.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	23.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.6%	4.1%
75 and over	9.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwick	Lake Arrowhead
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwick	Lake Arrowhead
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwick	Lake Arrowhead
Drove alone	79.5%	81.5%
Carpooled	13.8%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwick	Lake Arrowhead
1-unit, detached	63.5%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Berwick	Lake Arrowhead
Poverty rate	5.2%	14.3%
Average household size	2.11	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	38
Median year structure built	1970	1996