What is the population of Westbrook city?

Westbrook city has 20,484 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #9 of 155 in Maine.

What is the median household income in Westbrook city?

Median household income in Westbrook city is $85,868 a year, 9.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,373 a month and the median home value is $341,800, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Westbrook city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Westbrook, ME population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Westbrook, Maine (Westbrook, ME — Census place “Westbrook city”) is 20,484 residents, ranking #9 of 155 places in Maine. Median household income is $85,868, the median home is worth $341,800 and median gross rent runs $1,373 a month. Looking for the Westbrook Maine ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Westbrook, ME: 04092.

Population: 20,484Westbrook city residents
Median household income: $85,868Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $341,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,373Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.3%Owner-occupied households

Westbrook ZIP codes (Maine)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Westbrook.

The Westbrook ME ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

04092

What the numbers mean in Westbrook city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Westbrook city median would spend about 19.2% 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 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.1% of residents and 64.3% of households own their home.

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

Westbrook city, ME in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Westbrook city is a mid-size town in Maine, with 20,484 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #9 of 155 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 37.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Westbrook city earn a median of $85,868 a year, 9.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 46% above the $58,992 median for the 106 Maine cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 9.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Westbrook city is valued at $341,800, 12.7% above the national figure and 54% above the $221,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,373 a month, 2.3% below the national figure, or roughly $16,476 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.2% 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 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 64.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Westbrook city?: Westbrook city has 20,484 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #9 of 155 in Maine.
What is the median household income in Westbrook city?: Median household income in Westbrook city is $85,868 a year, 9.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Westbrook city?: Median gross rent is $1,373 a month and the median home value is $341,800, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.
Is Westbrook city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Westbrook city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Westbrook 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.