# Cities in Maine by average household size, 2024

All 11 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/maine-cities

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Auburn, ME | 2.3 |
| 2 | Saco, ME | 2.3 |
| 2 | Sanford, ME | 2.3 |
| 4 | Biddeford, ME | 2.3 |
| 4 | Westbrook, ME | 2.3 |
| 6 | Lewiston, ME | 2.2 |
| 7 | South Portland, ME | 2.2 |
| 8 | Waterville, ME | 2.1 |
| 9 | Portland, ME | 2 |
| 10 | Bangor, ME | 2 |
| 11 | Augusta, ME | 1.9 |