Biddeford vs Saco

A side-by-side comparison of Biddeford and Saco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Biddeford has the higher population (22,463 vs 20,636 in Saco). Saco has the higher median household income ($84,328 vs $69,794 in Biddeford). Saco has the higher median home value ($370,300 vs $349,300 in Biddeford).

Population, income & housing

	Biddeford	Saco
Population	22,463	20,636
Median age	36.1 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,794	$84,328
Median home value	$349,300	$370,300
Median gross rent	$1,187	$1,268
Housing units	10,279	9,619
Homeownership rate	48.8%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biddeford	Saco
Population	21,462 → 22,463 (+4.7%)	19,497 → 20,636 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$53,120 → $69,794 (+31.4%)	$70,517 → $84,328 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$245,900 → $349,300 (+42.0%)	$258,900 → $370,300 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,187 (+27.8%)	$1,173 → $1,268 (+8.1%)

Biddeford

Population

21,46222,463

Median household income

$53,120$69,794

Median home value

$245,900$349,300

Median gross rent

$929$1,187

Saco

Population

19,49720,636

Median household income

$70,517$84,328

Median home value

$258,900$370,300

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biddeford	Saco
Under 5	3.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	12.6%
18 to 24	14.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	19.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.9%
75 and over	8.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biddeford	Saco
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	85.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biddeford	Saco
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	32.9%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biddeford	Saco
Drove alone	68.2%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.8%
Walked	7.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.3%	15.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biddeford	Saco
1-unit, detached	42.4%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	34.0%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	7.3%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Biddeford	Saco
Poverty rate	15.3%	6.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1955	1980