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Jay town, Franklin County, ME

4,644 Population
48.4 square miles 96 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±6.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 46.1 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,201 ±$5,466 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $34,456 ±$2,290
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$77,575 ±$11,147 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Franklin County: $58,522 ±$4,890
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

7.7% ±3.8% (354  ±177) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 11.8% † 3,403 (±2% / ±584)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

24.8 minutes ±5.9 (61,505  ±16,775) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 27.1 327,755 (±1.8 / ±29,498)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

2,024 ±248 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 12,457 ±336
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.3 ±0.3 (4,639  ±14) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 28,944 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

3.8% ±4.2% (38  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 5% † 322 (±1.7% / ±106)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

2,171 ±254 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 21,089 ±42
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$162,500 ±$11,239 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $176,700 ±$8,205
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

8.1% ±4.8% (371  ±222.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 12.1% † 3,606 (±1.5% / ±461.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

92.7% ±12.2% (3,474  ±507.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 93.8% 20,412 (±4% / ±875.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
23.8% ±7.2% (891  ±274.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 29.9% 6,504 (±2.3% / ±505.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.4% ±2.1% (158  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 3% 902
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

4.4% ±2.3% (184  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 8.8% 2,205 (±0.8% / ±211)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
184 Total veterans ±95 147 Male ±93 37 Female ±52

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