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Dixmont town, Penobscot County, ME

1,241 Population
36.3 square miles 34.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 20 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

$38,228 ±$8,511 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Penobscot County: $36,736 ±$963
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$70,104 ±$12,827 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Penobscot County: $63,248 ±$2,103
  • about the same as the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

7.3% ±3.3% (90  ±44) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Penobscot County: 13.6% 19,846 (±0.9% / ±1,311)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

33.6 minutes ±15.2 (16,510  ±4,762) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Penobscot County: 22.8 1,484,250 (±0.5 / ±45,088)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

531 ±87 Number of households
  • Penobscot County: 64,769 ±669
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.3 ±0.1 (1,241  ±207) 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

4.8% ±5.7% (12  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters 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

563 ±92 Number of housing units
  • Penobscot County: 75,405 ±152
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$178,000 ±$14,506 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

6.6% ±3.1% (81  ±39.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Penobscot County: 13.3% 20,236 (±1% / ±1,487)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

95.3% ±19.9% (920  ±123.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Penobscot County: 94.5% 104,785 (±2.1% / ±2,286.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
25.1% ±4.6% (242  ±59.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Penobscot County: 30.5% 33,782 (±1.2% / ±1,344.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.4% ±1.8% (42  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 3.2% 4,893
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

17.8% ±6.3% (184  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Penobscot County: 8.3% 10,413 (±0.5% / ±664)
  • about double the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
184 Total veterans ±73 163 Male ±71 21 Female ±16

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