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Van Buren town, Aroostook County, ME

1,836 Population
33.8 square miles 54.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.7 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Aroostook County: 48.4 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,716 ±$7,262 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Aroostook County: $33,136 ±$1,431
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$36,724 ±$6,567 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Aroostook County: $54,254 ±$1,663
  • about half the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

23.6% ±6.5% (403  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Aroostook County: 14.4% 9,423 (±1.2% / ±803)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

15 minutes ±2 (9,480  ±2,707) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Aroostook County: 19 494,345 (±0.8 / ±24,869)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

766 ±103 Number of households
  • Aroostook County: 29,684 ±414
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.2 ±0.1 (1,692  ±240) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Aroostook County: 2.2 65,256 (±0 / ±35)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

13.9% ±11.1% (41  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Aroostook County: 4.8% † 589 (±1% / ±126)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

1,084 ±121 Number of housing units
  • Aroostook County: 38,444 ±55
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$91,600 ±$8,574 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Aroostook County: $131,700 ±$6,465
  • about one-third of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

6.8% ±3% (121  ±55.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Aroostook County: 10.1% † 6,734 (±1% / ±689.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

79.3% ±8% (1,123  ±187.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Aroostook County: 91.2% 45,779 (±2.3% / ±1,155.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
8.5% ±3.9% (120  ±58.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Aroostook County: 22.4% 11,233 (±1.4% / ±685.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.3% ±6.4% (208  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Aroostook County: 4.1% 2,741
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

6.6% ±2.7% (102  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Aroostook County: 10% 5,468 (±0.7% / ±358)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
102 Total veterans ±43 86 Male ±39 16 Female ±15

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