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Brownville town, Piscataquis County, ME

983 Population
43.8 square miles 22.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Piscataquis County: 51.5 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,539 ±$5,853 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Piscataquis County: $37,077 ±$2,083
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,063 ±$14,924 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Piscataquis County: $61,345 ±$4,372
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.3% ±5.1% (180  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Piscataquis County: 15.5% † 2,621 (±2% / ±340)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.6 minutes ±3.9 (12,115  ±3,522) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Piscataquis County: 25.2 171,185 (±1.9 / ±16,096)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

471 ±87 Number of households
  • Piscataquis County: 8,385 ±357
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.5 (983  ±160) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Piscataquis County: 2 16,913 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±3.9% (9  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Piscataquis County: 6.8% † 208 (±2.8% / ±86)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

703 ±94 Number of housing units
  • Piscataquis County: 14,680 ±173
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,700 ±$22,499 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Piscataquis County: $170,200 ±$8,339
  • about one-third of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.7% ±4.5% (75  ±45.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Piscataquis County: 8.9% † 1,532 (±2.4% / ±419.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.6% ±3.8% (629  ±102.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Piscataquis County: 91.4% 12,442 (±4% / ±546.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.4% ±5.8% (93  ±42.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Piscataquis County: 21.6% 2,942 (±2% / ±268.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1% ±0.8% (10  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Piscataquis County: 2.3% 397
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.4% ±5.9% (99  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Piscataquis County: 9.1% † 1,321 (±1.1% / ±154)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
99 Total veterans ±50 89 Male ±49 10 Female ±9

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