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Dunstan, Maine.

A community in Cumberland County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Cumberland County’s.

Living in Dunstan, Cumberland County, Maine

Dunstan, in Cumberland County, had 2,083 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Cumberland County was 2.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Cumberland County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,083 in the 2020 census; median age 55.8
Household income Too few homes in Dunstan for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 2.6% Cumberland County, August 2026; 2.5% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Dunstan for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,159households
  • 13%below the poverty line

What people in Cumberland County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care27%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Manufacturing8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Cumberland County had 194,746 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 16°; warmest in July, 80° and 61° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 16° F M A M J J 80° 61° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 16°; warmest in July, 80° and 61° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 16° F M A M J J 80° 61° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 61°. About 69 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Portland International Jetport weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Cumberland County

  1. Maine Medical CenterGeneral hospital7,287FTE
  2. IDEXX World CampusCorporate2,475
  3. University of Southern MaineUniversity or college1,454
  4. Portland Public SchoolsSchool district1,407FTE
  5. Mercy HospitalGeneral hospital1,102FTE
  6. Bowdoin CollegeUniversity or college1,080
  7. MID Coast HospitalGeneral hospital1,048FTE
  8. Spring Harbor HospitalPsychiatric hospital911FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 366 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 45,041 people in all across the county; Dunstan has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherVery high
  2. Ice stormsRelatively high
  3. Coastal floodingRelatively high
  4. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Dunstan’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Cumberland County.