Moving to Yarmouth, Maine

About Yarmouth, Maine
Yarmouth

Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, twelve miles north of the state's largest city, Portland. When originally settled in 1636, as North Yarmouth, it was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and remained part of its subsequent incarnations for 213 years. In 1849, twenty-nine years after Maine's admittance to the Union as the twenty-third state, it was incorporated as the Town of Yarmouth.

Yarmouth is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. The town's population was 8,990 in the 2020 census.

The town's proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, and its location on the banks of the Royal River (formerly Yarmouth River), which empties into Casco Bay less than 1 mile (1.6 km) away, means it is a prime location as a harbor. Ships were built in Yarmouth's harbor mainly between 1818 and the 1870s, at which point demand declined dramatically. Meanwhile, the Royal River's four waterfalls within Yarmouth, whose Main Street sits about 90 feet (27 m) above sea level, resulted in the foundation of almost sixty mills between 1674 and 1931.

The annual Yarmouth Clam Festival attracts around 80,000 people (around ten times the town's population) over the course of the three-day weekend.

Gender
Gender Yarmouth Maine Country
Female 55.1% 51% 50.8%
Male 44.9% 49% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.055%45%Female55.1%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.05%0%3%10%16%19%13%18%5%10%$50K to $75K18.6%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Yarmouth Maine Country
Less than $10,000 4.9% 5.3% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 0.3% 4.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 2.9% 9.7% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 9.9% 9.3% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 16.4% 13.1% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 18.6% 18.5% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 13.4% 13.8% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 18.5% 15% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 5.4% 5.5% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 9.7% 4.9% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.03%2%14%19%7%29%21%2%3%Bachelor Degree29%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Yarmouth Maine Country
< 9th Grade 3% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 2% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 14% 31% 27.0%
Other College 19% 19% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 7% 10% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 29% 20% 20.0%
Master's Degree 21% 9% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 3% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Yarmouth Maine  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K4.95.35.80.34.94.12.99.78.59.99.38.616.413.11218.618.517.213.413.812.818.51515.65.45.57.19.74.98.3
Education
 Yarmouth Maine  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade33525714312719192071092920202199222311
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.093%1%0%4%1%0%0%2%White92.8%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Yarmouth Maine Country
White 92.8% 92.6% 60.1%
African American 0.5% 1.3% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.6% 0.6%
Asian 3.8% 1.1% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 1.8% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 0.2% 2.4% 2.8%
Hispanic 0.9% 1.7% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Yarmouth Maine  Country
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