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Brownville town, Piscataquis County, ME

1,001 Population
43.8 square miles 22.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±8.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Piscataquis County: 51.4 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,447 ±$4,605 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Piscataquis County: $34,592 ±$2,260
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$43,385 ±$7,593 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Piscataquis County: $55,234 ±$3,248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

20.6% ±6.4% (206  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Piscataquis County: 16.5% † 2,761 (±1.8% / ±297)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

28.6 minutes ±5.4 (7,985  ±2,444) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Piscataquis County: 25.2 166,540 (±1.8 / ±14,471)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

453 ±73 Number of households
  • Piscataquis County: 8,111 ±258
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.2 ±0.2 (1,001  ±181) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Piscataquis County: 2.1 16,753 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

9.4% ±10.5% (20  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Piscataquis County: 8.9% † 266 (±3.6% / ±108)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

667 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Piscataquis County: 14,651 ±80
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$86,900 ±$4,872 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Piscataquis County: $153,300 ±$9,115
  • about one-third of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

9% ±3.7% (89  ±39.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Piscataquis County: 10.6% † 1,804 (±2.2% / ±372.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

89.3% ±21.7% (643  ±104.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Piscataquis County: 92% 12,382 (±4.1% / ±560)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
14% ±6.1% (101  ±47.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Piscataquis County: 21.8% † 2,935 (±2.3% / ±306)
  • about two-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

0.8% ±0.7% (8  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Piscataquis County: 2.3% 393
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

15.3% ±6.4% (123  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Piscataquis County: 10.3% 1,485 (±1% / ±140)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
123 Total veterans ±55 111 Male ±53 12 Female ±8

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