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Swans Island town, Hancock County, ME

388 Population
12.4 square miles 31.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.3 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hancock County: 49.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$64,062 ±$14,223 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Hancock County: $41,576 ±$1,391
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$78,125 ±$20,104 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $69,630 ±$2,902
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

2.9% ±2.5% (11  ±10) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hancock County: 10.2% † 5,591 (±1.3% / ±693)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

9.8 minutes ±3 (1,740  ±854) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Hancock County: 24.9 593,010 (±0.8 / ±27,035)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

189 ±47 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 24,992 ±571
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.1 ±0.1 (388  ±97) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hancock County: 2.2 54,475 (±0.1 / ±64)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

5.3% ±5.9% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 5.3% † 567 (±1.4% / ±151)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

502 ±76 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 40,514 ±55
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$316,300 ±$58,280 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $278,400 ±$8,117
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

6.4% ±4.6% (25  ±19) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hancock County: 11.4% † 6,364 (±1.5% / ±805.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

89.6% ±27.7% (301  ±53.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hancock County: 95% 40,608 (±2.8% / ±1,196)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
36% ±2.3% (121  ±31.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 39.2% 16,754 (±1.8% / ±751)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

8.3% ±6.1% (32  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hancock County: 3% 1,683
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

9.5% ±6.5% (33  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 8.3% 3,869 (±0.7% / ±330)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
33 Total veterans ±24 25 Male ±18 8 Female ±12

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