Old Orchard Beach vs Saco

A side-by-side comparison of Old Orchard Beach and Saco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saco has the higher population (20,636 vs 9,150 in Old Orchard Beach). Saco has the higher median household income ($84,328 vs $65,842 in Old Orchard Beach). Saco has the higher median home value ($370,300 vs $317,800 in Old Orchard Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Old Orchard Beach	Saco
Population	9,150	20,636
Median age	56.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,842	$84,328
Median home value	$317,800	$370,300
Median gross rent	$1,120	$1,268
Housing units	7,611	9,619
Homeownership rate	68.0%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Orchard Beach	Saco
Population	8,862 → 9,150 (+3.2%)	19,497 → 20,636 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$58,080 → $65,842 (+13.4%)	$70,517 → $84,328 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$220,000 → $317,800 (+44.5%)	$258,900 → $370,300 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,120 (+22.4%)	$1,173 → $1,268 (+8.1%)

Old Orchard Beach

Population

8,8629,150

Median household income

$58,080$65,842

Median home value

$220,000$317,800

Median gross rent

$915$1,120

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)

	Old Orchard Beach	Saco
Under 5	1.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	5.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	22.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	19.0%	11.9%
75 and over	10.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Orchard Beach	Saco
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	85.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Orchard Beach	Saco
No high school diploma	3.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	25.1%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Orchard Beach	Saco
Drove alone	75.2%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.8%
Walked	1.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Orchard Beach	Saco
1-unit, detached	50.4%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	7.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Old Orchard Beach	Saco
Poverty rate	14.1%	6.8%
Average household size	1.74	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1979	1980