Falmouth ForesideME
A town of 2,051, settled in 1888.
Is Falmouth Foreside a good place to live?
80% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Falmouth Foreside, against 32% in Maine’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. No town among the 134 in Maine we compare has a higher typical rent than Falmouth Foreside. Falmouth Foreside’s density of trails is 4.4 miles per square mile, above both the Maine town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest place to walk is Falmouth Nature Preserve, 77 acres with 3 miles of trail. We don’t grade Falmouth Foreside yet; the figures below are still real.
Falmouth Foreside lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 9% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Portland Head Light and 27 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Falmouth Foreside. Close and well known come first.
8 mi LighthousePortland Head Light
5 mi LandmarkFort Gorges22 mi Ancient sitePopham Colony
5 mi MuseumMaine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
6 mi MuseumPortland Museum of Art21 mi LandmarkSpirit Pond runestonesPhoto credits
Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Gwernol assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portland Museum of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0
Moving to Falmouth Foreside: who provides what
Falmouth Foreside is unincorporated, so Cumberland County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Falmouth Foreside.
Falmouth Foreside stands out in Maine and nationally, with the FEMA risk score lower than most
Expected losses in Falmouth Foreside break down as 30% from hurricanes and 28% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Falmouth Foreside
Falmouth Foreside’s July high stands at 79°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median household income in Falmouth Foreside is higher than in most of Maine or the rest of the country
Of the 144 Maine towns we compare, none has a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Falmouth Foreside. Its average commute comes in at 18 minutes. Most working residents leave Falmouth Foreside for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (35%), Falmouth (12%) and South Portland (9%).
| Falmouth Foreside | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $177,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 1.3% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 12% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Falmouth Foreside is
On the CDC’s 32 measures, Falmouth Foreside is ahead of Maine on 24 and behind on 1. Of the 144 Maine towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Falmouth Foreside. In Falmouth Foreside, nearly a quarter of adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Falmouth Foreside | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 33% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.9% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Falmouth Foreside | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.4% | 14.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.3% | 10.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.5% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Falmouth Nature Preserve | 3 mi | 77 |
| 2. Underwood Springs Preserve | 1 mi | 50 |
| 3. Underwood School Park | 0.6 mi | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Falmouth Foreside sells for about $1.4M
For households in Falmouth Foreside, the share who live in a home they own is 86%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Falmouth Foreside
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Falmouth Foreside
About 5 of every 100 Falmouth Foreside residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maine.
About Falmouth Foreside
Census-designated place in Maine, United States
Falmouth Foreside is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Falmouth in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 1,511. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 105 ft
Questions about Falmouth Foreside
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Is Falmouth Foreside, ME a good place to live?
We don’t grade Falmouth Foreside yet; the figures below are still real.