What is the population of Sanford city?

Sanford city has 22,095 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #7 of 155 in Maine.

What is the median household income in Sanford city?

Median household income in Sanford city is $70,570 a year, 10.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sanford city?

Median gross rent is $1,158 a month and the median home value is $257,200, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.

Is Sanford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sanford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sanford, ME population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sanford, Maine (Sanford, ME — Census place “Sanford city”) is 22,095 residents, ranking #7 of 155 places in Maine. Median household income is $70,570, the median home is worth $257,200 and median gross rent runs $1,158 a month. Looking for the Sanford Maine ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Sanford, ME: 04073, 04083.

Population: 22,095Sanford city residents
Median household income: $70,570Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $257,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,158Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.5%Owner-occupied households

Sanford ZIP codes (Maine)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sanford.

The Sanford ME ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Sanford city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sanford city median would spend about 19.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.6% of residents and 69.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Sanford city, ME in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sanford city is a mid-size town in Maine, with 22,095 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #7 of 155 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 40.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Sanford city earn a median of $70,570 a year, 10.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% above the $58,992 median for the 106 Maine cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 10.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sanford city is valued at $257,200, 15.2% below the national figure and 16% above the $221,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,158 a month, 17.6% below the national figure, or roughly $13,896 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 69.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Sanford city?: Sanford city has 22,095 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #7 of 155 in Maine.
What is the median household income in Sanford city?: Median household income in Sanford city is $70,570 a year, 10.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sanford city?: Median gross rent is $1,158 a month and the median home value is $257,200, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.
Is Sanford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sanford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sanford city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.