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Chelsea town, Kennebec County, ME

2,792 Population
19.5 square miles 142.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kennebec County: 44 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,855 ±$4,366 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kennebec County: $37,344 ±$978
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$82,586 ±$11,142 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kennebec County: $65,062 ±$2,268
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

11.4% ±5.8% (301  ±154) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kennebec County: 12.3% 14,969 (±1.2% / ±1,462)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

22.8 minutes ±2.7 (27,070  ±4,461) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kennebec County: 23.8 1,226,600 (±0.7 / ±51,227)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

1,040 ±105 Number of households
  • Kennebec County: 53,936 ±598
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.5 ±0.3 (2,620  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kennebec County: 2.3 121,425 (±0 / ±62)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

10.8% ±8.1% (63  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Kennebec County: 5% † 1,350 (±1.1% / ±300)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

1,059 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Kennebec County: 63,140 ±83
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$159,600 ±$23,104 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kennebec County: $219,900 ±$4,083
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

10.1% ±5.4% (276  ±148.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kennebec County: 12.5% † 15,497 (±1.4% / ±1,727.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

92% ±9.4% (1,851  ±229.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kennebec County: 94.8% 86,089 (±2.2% / ±2,005.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
20.9% ±4.5% (420  ±94.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kennebec County: 30.9% 28,043 (±1.3% / ±1,221.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.4% ±1% (40  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kennebec County: 2.4% 3,034
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

10% ±3.5% (216  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kennebec County: 9.8% 9,952 (±0.7% / ±708)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
216 Total veterans ±76 193 Male ±70 23 Female ±18

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