With 20,775 people, Westbrook is a city in Maine. Growth has run 29% since 2000, or 4,633 more people. Getting to work takes 19 minutes on average. 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Density works out to 1,209 people per square mile. Poverty is uncommon here, at 8.0% of residents.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $85,038, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.4
US median: 38.9
More educated
41% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 92%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Westbrook
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree13.4% → 41.3%(+28.0 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Hispanic share0.5% → 3.8%(+3.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Westbrook's population equals 6.7% of Cumberland County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 10% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 5.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)21.2%(257)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24.1%(292)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era24.2%(293)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12.2%(148)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.1%(1)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,211 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Westbrook, decade by decade
Westbrook population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
16,121
$71,601
$256,087
13.4%
6.5
2000
16,142
$68,992
$199,836
18.5%
9.5
2010
17,494
$66,335
$308,430
24.8%
20.8
2020
20,400
$86,277
$291,859
36.2%
41.2
2024
20,775
$85,038
$383,300
41.3%
42.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
