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Swans Island town, Hancock County, ME

438 Population
12.4 square miles 35.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.8 ±9.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hancock County: 49 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$67,412 ±$13,476 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Hancock County: $44,241 ±$2,005
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,250 ±$13,009 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $72,744 ±$3,276
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.1% ±1.1% (5  ±5) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 9.9% † 5,459 (±1.1% / ±608)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12 minutes ±4.5 (2,345  ±1,203) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Hancock County: 25.4 591,745 (±1.2 / ±34,306)
  • about half the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

200 ±49 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 25,572 ±629
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (438  ±123) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hancock County: 2.1 54,795 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.5% ±4.8% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Hancock County: 5% † 551 (±1.6% / ±177)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

493 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 40,765 ±57
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$316,700 ±$75,366 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hancock County: $310,400 ±$13,318
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5% ±4.1% (22  ±19) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Hancock County: 10.8% † 6,050 (±1.4% / ±792.8)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±28% (304  ±55.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 95.6% 41,343 (±3% / ±1,293.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.9% ±3.5% (130  ±35.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hancock County: 40.1% 17,353 (±1.8% / ±781.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.3% ±4.3% (32  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hancock County: 3.4% 1,889
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.2% ±5.9% (41  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hancock County: 8% 3,763 (±0.7% / ±341)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
41 Total veterans ±24 30 Male ±14 11 Female ±15

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