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Alfred, ME

696 Population
3.9 square miles 177 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.6 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,142 ±$10,139 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $49,902 ±$740
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$32,476 ±$31,596 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $88,602 ±$1,497
  • about half the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

13.7% ±10.6% (95  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.6% 41,470 (±0.4% / ±2,133)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

25 minutes ±5.1 (10,200  ±4,834) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 24.9 6,110,790 (±0.4 / ±120,421)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

319 ±101 Number of households
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 236,428 ±1,326
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.2 ±0.4 (696  ±262) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 2.3 544,652 (±0 / ±99)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

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

Housing

373 ±116 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 284,481 ±162
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$359,800 ±$36,791 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $379,500 ±$4,241
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

7.8% ±9.4% (54  ±68.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 10.8% 59,550 (±0.5% / ±2,669.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

97.8% ±47.8% (499  ±160.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 95.8% 396,496 (±1.2% / ±4,900.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
16.9% ±10.2% (86  ±60.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 44.6% 184,405 (±0.8% / ±3,215.3)
  • 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

2.6% ±3.8% (18  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 5.2% 29,104
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

6.8% ±5.7% (41  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.8% 35,621 (±0.4% / ±1,664)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
41 Total veterans ±37 41 Male ±37 N/A Female ±11

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