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Palermo town, Waldo County, ME

1,473 Population
40.6 square miles 36.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waldo County: 47.4 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,438 ±$3,754 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Waldo County: $40,336 ±$1,764
  • a little less than the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,095 ±$15,252 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Waldo County: $72,782 ±$3,352
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.8% ±2.8% (70  ±43) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Waldo County: 12% † 4,716 (±1.6% / ±629)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.5 minutes ±8.9 (19,480  ±2,988) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Waldo County: 26.6 416,010 (±1.2 / ±25,379)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

657 ±100 Number of households
  • Waldo County: 17,470 ±343
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.5 (1,473  ±218) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Waldo County: 2.3 39,380 (±0 / ±96)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.9% ±7.4% (38  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Waldo County: 5.5% † 439 (±1.8% / ±140)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

994 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Waldo County: 22,252 ±70
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$259,700 ±$53,726 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Waldo County: $257,700 ±$10,501
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.8% ±2.7% (83  ±40.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Waldo County: 8.7% † 3,440 (±1.2% / ±465.9)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±17.7% (1,043  ±135.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waldo County: 93.6% 28,292 (±3.3% / ±1,007.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.7% ±7.6% (345  ±94.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Waldo County: 34.4% 10,387 (±1.9% / ±581.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about 90 percent 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

1.5% ±1.1% (22  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Waldo County: 2.3% 940
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±2.5% (103  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Waldo County: 7.6% † 2,507 (±0.8% / ±253)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
103 Total veterans ±33 86 Male ±28 17 Female ±18

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