Cornish vs North Berwick

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

Cornish 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 1,080 in Cornish). Cornish has the higher median household income ($68,561 vs $54,612 in North Berwick). Since 2019, Cornish's population has grown faster (+37.9% vs +25.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cornish	North Berwick
Population	1,080	1,811
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,561	$54,612
Median home value	—	$296,300
Median gross rent	$1,170	$1,032
Housing units	524	864
Homeownership rate	79.7%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornish	North Berwick
Population	783 → 1,080 (+37.9%)	1,439 → 1,811 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$58,119 → $68,561 (+18.0%)	$47,226 → $54,612 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $178,100 (+22.2%)	$238,000 → $296,300 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,037 → $1,170 (+12.8%)	$763 → $1,032 (+35.3%)

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

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)

	Cornish	North Berwick
Under 5	1.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	2.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	32.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	20.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.3%
75 and over	6.5%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornish	North Berwick
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	30.4%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornish	North Berwick
No high school diploma	12.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	36.6%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornish	North Berwick
Drove alone	84.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	2.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	6.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornish	North Berwick
1-unit, detached	81.5%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	2.3%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cornish	North Berwick
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1956	1938