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Alton town, Penobscot County, ME

783 Population
42.3 square miles 18.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Penobscot County: 42.5 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,658 ±$4,469 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $36,736 ±$963
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$56,833 ±$8,161 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $63,248 ±$2,103
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

21.4% ±8.4% (163  ±68) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Penobscot County: 13.6% 19,846 (±0.9% / ±1,311)
  • about double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

25.7 minutes ±7.6 (6,600  ±1,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Penobscot County: 22.8 1,484,250 (±0.5 / ±45,088)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

330 ±51 Number of households
  • Penobscot County: 64,769 ±669
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.4 ±0.5 (783  ±118) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Penobscot County: 2.3 146,498 (±0 / ±89)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

4.9% ±7.2% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Penobscot County: 6.2% † 2,122 (±1.4% / ±468)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

349 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Penobscot County: 75,405 ±152
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$169,300 ±$36,823 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $193,800 ±$4,708
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

5.4% ±3.2% (42  ±25.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Penobscot County: 13.3% 20,236 (±1% / ±1,487)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

89.9% ±18.2% (527  ±69.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Penobscot County: 94.5% 104,785 (±2.1% / ±2,286.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
17.6% ±5% (103  ±33) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Penobscot County: 30.5% 33,782 (±1.2% / ±1,344.4)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

0.8% ±1% (6  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Penobscot County: 3.2% 4,893
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

8.1% ±3.3% (51  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Penobscot County: 8.3% 10,413 (±0.5% / ±664)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
51 Total veterans ±22 44 Male ±18 7 Female ±9

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