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Bowdoin town, Sagadahoc County, ME

3,180 Population
43.5 square miles 73.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±10.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Sagadahoc County: 47.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,238 ±$6,435 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sagadahoc County: $45,131 ±$2,159
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$78,238 ±$25,092 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Sagadahoc County: $82,080 ±$4,866
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

9.7% ±7.1% (299  ±218) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sagadahoc County: 11.1% † 4,086 (±1.9% / ±699)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

28.6 minutes ±0.5 (45,285  ±8,171) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sagadahoc County: 24.9 399,475 (±1.1 / ±25,328)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

1,366 ±142 Number of households
  • Sagadahoc County: 16,175 ±402
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.3 ±0.2 (3,176  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sagadahoc County: 2.3 36,809 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

8.6% ±10.3% (53  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Sagadahoc County: 3.7% † 273 (±1.6% / ±121)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

1,426 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Sagadahoc County: 19,109 ±36
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$257,300 ±$25,575 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sagadahoc County: $300,200 ±$12,423
  • a little less than the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

6.1% ±7.4% (192  ±232.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sagadahoc County: 10.8% † 3,991 (±1.9% / ±686.8)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

91.1% ±14.4% (2,220  ±407.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sagadahoc County: 94.8% 26,784 (±4.2% / ±1,177.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
32.8% ±10.5% (799  ±266.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sagadahoc County: 41.1% 11,619 (±2.7% / ±760.4)
  • about 90 percent 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

1.5% ±1.7% (49  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Sagadahoc County: 3% 1,111
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

11.4% ±6.6% (293  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Sagadahoc County: 10.9% † 3,325 (±1.2% / ±363)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
293 Total veterans ±171 250 Male ±127 43 Female ±59

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