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Palmyra town, Somerset County, ME

2,150 Population
40.2 square miles 53.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 46.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$24,320 ±$4,561 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Somerset County: $32,452 ±$2,088
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$49,261 ±$8,225 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $56,199 ±$2,187
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

8.9% ±2.6% (192  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 15.6% † 7,756 (±1.6% / ±808)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

22.4 minutes ±5.3 (17,510  ±5,733) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 27.6 550,530 (±1.3 / ±32,503)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

835 ±103 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 22,737 ±370
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.6 ±0.6 (2,145  ±537) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.2 50,048 (±0 / ±28)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

879 ±101 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 30,009 ±45
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$123,800 ±$17,912 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $155,200 ±$6,500
  • about half the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

6.4% ±3.6% (138  ±84.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Somerset County: 13% † 6,522 (±1.9% / ±963.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

88.9% ±4.3% (1,167  ±170.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Somerset County: 92.9% 35,348 (±3.2% / ±1,200.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
16.8% ±4.3% (221  ±63.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 20.3% 7,732 (±1.5% / ±556.4)
  • 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

1.5% ±1.4% (33  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 1.5% 749
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

11.7% ±4.2% (172  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 11% 4,560 (±0.9% / ±365)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
172 Total veterans ±67 126 Male ±48 46 Female ±49

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