Saco

Population & Demographics

Saco, ME

Saco is home to 20,819 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 11,387 resident workers commute each day.

MaineCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
20,819
people
Population

20,819 residents

Median age 44.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Saco population & demographics

Who lives in Saco — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
20,819
Median age
44.9yrs
Median household income
$92,241
Median home value
$413,100
Median gross rent
$1,249/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
43.5%
Poverty rate
6.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Saco

How Saco breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White83.5%
Two or more races8.1%
Hispanic or Latino3.5%
Black1.9%
Some other race1.8%
Asian1.2%

Race across Saco

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Saco.

Saco at a glance
Employed Residents
11,387
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
14.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
19.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Portland
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Saco proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Saco commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

61 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Saco

11,387 commutes, one dot at a time

Saco

Where 11,387 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Saco, by worker count.

1Portland13.6 mi2,219
2Saco0.0 mi1,645
3Biddeford2.9 mi1,126
4South Portland11.6 mi966
5Westbrook12.3 mi583
6Oak Hill7.7 mi281
7Old Orchard Beach3.0 mi181
8Sanford17.1 mi161

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Saco.

1Saco0.0 mi1,645
2Biddeford2.9 mi892
3Portland13.6 mi622
4Old Orchard Beach3.0 mi314
5Sanford17.1 mi282
6South Portland11.6 mi276
7Westbrook12.3 mi251
8Lewiston41.7 mi95

Top industries

The sectors that employ Saco’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance15.8%
RTRetail Trade10.9%
EDEducational Services10.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.7%
MFManufacturing8.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.9%
COConstruction7.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.1%
FIFinance and Insurance4.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Saco

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

9 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Saco

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).