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West Gardiner town, Kennebec County, ME

3,683 Population
24.6 square miles 149.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kennebec County: 44 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,338 ±$4,085 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kennebec County: $37,344 ±$978
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$92,292 ±$38,162 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kennebec County: $65,062 ±$2,268
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

2.6% ±2.8% (96  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kennebec County: 12.3% 14,969 (±1.2% / ±1,462)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

23.5 minutes ±4.9 (49,655  ±7,194) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as 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

1,355 ±334 Number of households
  • Kennebec County: 53,936 ±598
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.7 ±0.7 (3,682  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kennebec County: 2.3 121,425 (±0 / ±62)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

5.8% ±4.9% (56  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kennebec County: 5% † 1,350 (±1.1% / ±300)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

1,441 ±342 Number of housing units
  • Kennebec County: 63,140 ±83
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$232,500 ±$44,190 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Kennebec County: $219,900 ±$4,083
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

3.2% ±2.4% (116  ±87.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kennebec County: 12.5% † 15,497 (±1.4% / ±1,727.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

98.9% ±9.6% (2,718  ±449.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kennebec County: 94.8% 86,089 (±2.2% / ±2,005.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
28.5% ±6.6% (782  ±209) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kennebec County: 30.9% 28,043 (±1.3% / ±1,221.7)
  • about 80 percent 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

1.8% ±2.2% (65  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kennebec County: 2.4% 3,034
  • about half the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

8% ±3.5% (259  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kennebec County: 9.8% 9,952 (±0.7% / ±708)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
259 Total veterans ±114 224 Male ±107 35 Female ±57

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