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Westbrook city, Maine: commercial real estate data.
Westbrook city is a Census city of 20,775 people across 17.19 square miles of land, in Cumberland County. Median household income is $85,038, 61.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 43 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.7 m.
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Westbrook
What Westbrook is
- Census place typecity
- Land area17.19 sq mi
- Water area0.17 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,209
- County holding the largest share of its areaCumberland County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westbrook
How many people live in Westbrook
- Population20,775
- Median age37.4
- Population under 183,845
- Share under 1818.5 percent
- Population 65 and over3,753
- Share 65 and over18.1 percent
- Households9,138
- Family households5,029
- Share of households that are families55.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westbrook
Income and work in Westbrook
- Median household income$85,038
- Per capita income$44,851
- Civilian labor force12,837
- Employed12,553
- Unemployed284 plus or minus 121
- Unemployment rate2.2 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over15,048
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher41.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.9 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westbrook
Housing in Westbrook
- Housing units9,575
- Occupied units9,138
- Vacant units437 plus or minus 196
- Vacancy rate4.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Owner occupied5,592
- Renter occupied3,546
- Ownership rate61.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$383,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,392
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.6 percent
- Single family units4,731
- Share single family49.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,217
- Share in buildings of two or more44.0 percent
- Mobile homes627 plus or minus 242
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westbrook
How Westbrook gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute10,218
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,272
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,897 plus or minus 437
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Drove alone71.5 percent
- Carpooled6.2 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home17.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westbrook
SBA 7(a) lending to Westbrook borrowers
- Approvals43
- Gross approval$11,718,800
- Average approval$272,530
- Median approval$125,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$540,000
- Largest approval$2,870,000
- Jobs supported447
- Jobs per approval10.4
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Paid in full10
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans16.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.0 percent
- Share to franchises14.0 percent
- Distinct lenders15
- Distinct industries by NAICS24
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Westbrook
SBA 504 lending to Westbrook borrowers
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$9,051,000
- Average approval$502,833
- Median approval$389,000
- Largest approval$1,745,000
- Jobs supported198
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cumberland County, not Westbrook
Cumberland County context, not Westbrook figures
These are Cumberland County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Westbrook measurements.
- Establishments in Cumberland County12,242
- Employment at those establishments, Cumberland County190,022
- Covered employment, Cumberland County192,475
- Average annual pay, Cumberland County$71,351
- Average weekly wage, Cumberland County$1,372
- Housing units permitted, Cumberland County1,385
- Of those, single family, Cumberland County798
- County product, 2024, Cumberland County$34,616,097,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cumberland County6.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cumberland County$98,777
Every figure in this section is published for Cumberland County as a whole and is not a measurement of Westbrook. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Westbrook questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Westbrook, Maine?
20,775, in 9,138 households. Westbrook city covers 17.19 square miles of land, which is 1,209 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Westbrook in?
Cumberland County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Westbrook?
$85,038. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $383,300. Median gross rent is $1,392 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Westbrook businesses?
43 7(a) approvals totalling $11.7 m, across 15 lenders, median approval $125,000, plus 18 504 approvals worth $9.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Westbrook, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Westbrook borrowers get paid back?
Of the 12 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 16.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Westbrook figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cumberland County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Westbrook.
Is zoning published for Westbrook?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.