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Mexico town, Oxford County, ME

2,772 Population
23.3 square miles 118.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Oxford County: 48.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,346 ±$3,487 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oxford County: $33,545 ±$1,121
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$54,052 ±$10,912 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oxford County: $57,933 ±$2,891
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

17.4% ±6.6% (481  ±182) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oxford County: 14.2% † 8,187 (±1.8% / ±1,032)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

23 minutes ±4.2 (22,830  ±5,631) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oxford County: 28.8 668,045 (±0.9 / ±32,470)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

1,108 ±128 Number of households
  • Oxford County: 23,694 ±572
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.5 ±0.3 (2,763  ±14) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Oxford County: 2.4 57,915 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,490 ±167 Number of housing units
  • Oxford County: 36,558 ±71
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$104,000 ±$9,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Oxford County: $192,300 ±$5,811
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

15.4% ±8.7% (428  ±242.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oxford County: 10.2% † 5,914 (±1.3% / ±756.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

93.1% ±10.5% (1,884  ±235.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oxford County: 92.6% 41,368 (±2.7% / ±1,201.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
12.2% ±4.5% (246  ±91.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Oxford County: 22.5% 10,050 (±1.4% / ±613.3)
  • about one-third 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

0.4% ±0.5% (10  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oxford County: 1.5% 875
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

6.1% ±3.1% (134  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oxford County: 9.5% 4,592 (±0.8% / ±383)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
134 Total veterans ±68 99 Male ±52 35 Female ±43

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