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Scarborough, ME

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Scarborough, ME: 1 USPS ZIP, population 18,760. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SCARBOROUGH-ME · Scarborough, ME 1 ZIPs · 18,760 pop · #1337/25278 · Cumberland County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $135,018
  • RANK-TOP #1337/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Cape Elizabeth
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-TOWN 18,760
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $556,800

Nearest income peer: Cape Elizabeth, ME (+ $11,036 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Scarborough

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Scarborough on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Scarborough, ME sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 5%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
18,760
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$135,018
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $135,018 and home value $556,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 57.9%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Scarborough as a pure owner town.

Within Maine, Cape Neddick is the closest lower-income city and Kittery Point the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Scarborough.

Population concentration

Scarborough reads through its lone ZIP, 04074

18,760 ACS residents, one ZIP: 04074 is not the leading code inside Scarborough, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Scarborough's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 929 establishments, 14,724 employees , annual payroll $967,835k (~50 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 04074 (929 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (119) · also Retail trade · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Scarborough, ME

These ZIP codes sit in Cumberland County, which covers 38 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Scarborough. See the Cumberland County roll-up →

Scarborough sits in the upper half of Cumberland County on income: Portland, South Portland and Brunswick report less, while Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth report more. Brunswick marks the far end of that range at $74,952, 44% below Scarborough.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
04074 18,760 $135,018 929 152
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Scarborough roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Scarborough, .