Berwick vs North Berwick

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

Berwick and North Berwick 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 1,811 in North Berwick). Berwick has the higher median household income ($64,864 vs $54,612 in North Berwick). Berwick has the higher median home value ($309,600 vs $296,300 in North Berwick).

Population, income & housing

	Berwick	North Berwick
Population	2,085	1,811
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,864	$54,612
Median home value	$309,600	$296,300
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,032
Housing units	1,015	864
Homeownership rate	69.1%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwick	North Berwick
Population	2,354 → 2,085 (-11.4%)	1,439 → 1,811 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$75,503 → $64,864 (-14.1%)	$47,226 → $54,612 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $309,600 (+51.0%)	$238,000 → $296,300 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,044 (+6.5%)	$763 → $1,032 (+35.3%)

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

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)

	Berwick	North Berwick
Under 5	0.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	26.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	23.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.3%
75 and over	9.5%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwick	North Berwick
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwick	North Berwick
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	40.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwick	North Berwick
Drove alone	79.5%	84.1%
Carpooled	13.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwick	North Berwick
1-unit, detached	63.5%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Berwick	North Berwick
Poverty rate	5.2%	2.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1970	1938