Old Orchard Beach vs Sanford

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

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

Sanford has the higher population (22,095 vs 9,150 in Old Orchard Beach). Sanford has the higher median household income ($70,570 vs $65,842 in Old Orchard Beach). Old Orchard Beach has the higher median home value ($317,800 vs $257,200 in Sanford).

Population, income & housing

	Old Orchard Beach	Sanford
Population	9,150	22,095
Median age	56.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,842	$70,570
Median home value	$317,800	$257,200
Median gross rent	$1,120	$1,158
Housing units	7,611	9,974
Homeownership rate	68.0%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Orchard Beach	Sanford
Population	8,862 → 9,150 (+3.2%)	21,073 → 22,095 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$58,080 → $65,842 (+13.4%)	$52,513 → $70,570 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$220,000 → $317,800 (+44.5%)	$183,800 → $257,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,120 (+22.4%)	$901 → $1,158 (+28.5%)

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

Sanford

Population

21,07322,095

Median household income

$52,513$70,570

Median home value

$183,800$257,200

Median gross rent

$901$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Orchard Beach	Sanford
Under 5	1.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	5.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	22.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	19.0%	11.5%
75 and over	10.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Orchard Beach	Sanford
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Orchard Beach	Sanford
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Orchard Beach	Sanford
Drove alone	75.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.7%	1.4%
Walked	1.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	9.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Orchard Beach	Sanford
1-unit, detached	50.4%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	7.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Old Orchard Beach	Sanford
Poverty rate	14.1%	10.6%
Average household size	1.74	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1979	1973