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Augusta, ME

18,999 Population
55.1 square miles 344.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 44 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,778 ±$2,669 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: $37,344 ±$978
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$48,756 ±$4,131 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: $65,062 ±$2,268
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

19.4% ±3.7% (3,538  ±670) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 12.3% 14,969 (±1.2% / ±1,462)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

16.4 minutes ±1.1 (119,605  ±14,404) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 23.8 1,226,600 (±0.7 / ±51,227)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

9,214 ±294 Number of households
  • the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 53,936 ±598
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2 ±0.1 (18,117  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 2.3 121,425 (±0 / ±62)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

2.3% ±1.8% (99  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 5% † 1,350 (±1.1% / ±300)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

9,927 ±324 Number of housing units
  • the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 63,140 ±83
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$188,900 ±$10,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: $219,900 ±$4,083
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

15.3% ±4.5% (2,884  ±845.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 12.5% † 15,497 (±1.4% / ±1,727.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

94.7% ±5.6% (13,926  ±899.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 94.8% 86,089 (±2.2% / ±2,005.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
28% ±3.3% (4,116  ±497.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 30.9% 28,043 (±1.3% / ±1,221.7)
  • about 80 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

3% ±1% (562  ±186) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 2.4% 3,034
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

10.3% ±2% (1,618  ±311) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 9.8% 9,952 (±0.7% / ±708)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
1,618 Total veterans ±311 1,448 Male ±296 170 Female ±82

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