Franklin County vs Sagadahoc County

A side-by-side comparison of Franklin County and Sagadahoc County: population, income, housing, and more.

Franklin County and Sagadahoc County are counties in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sagadahoc County has the higher population (37,093 vs 30,145 in Franklin County). Sagadahoc County has the higher median household income ($82,080 vs $58,522 in Franklin County). Sagadahoc County has the higher median home value ($300,200 vs $176,700 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Sagadahoc County
Population	30,145	37,093
Median age	46.1 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,522	$82,080
Median home value	$176,700	$300,200
Median gross rent	$759	$1,050
Housing units	21,089	19,109
Homeownership rate	77.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Sagadahoc County
Population	29,982 → 30,145 (+0.5%)	35,452 → 37,093 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$51,422 → $58,522 (+13.8%)	$63,694 → $82,080 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$139,800 → $176,700 (+26.4%)	$213,400 → $300,200 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $759 (+19.5%)	$894 → $1,050 (+17.4%)

Franklin County

Population

29,98230,145

Median household income

$51,422$58,522

Median home value

$139,800$176,700

Median gross rent

$635$759

Sagadahoc County

Population

35,45237,093

Median household income

$63,694$82,080

Median home value

$213,400$300,200

Median gross rent

$894$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Sagadahoc County
Under 5	4.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	14.1%
75 and over	9.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Sagadahoc County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Sagadahoc County
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Sagadahoc County
Drove alone	72.7%	76.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.5%	12.6%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Sagadahoc County
1-unit, detached	75.3%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.1%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Sagadahoc County
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1978	1977