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Bangor, ME

31,663 Population
34.3 square miles 924.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 42.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,245 ±$2,300 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $36,736 ±$963
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$58,096 ±$6,336 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $63,248 ±$2,103
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

14.9% ±2.2% (4,407  ±660) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 13.6% 19,846 (±0.9% / ±1,311)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

17 minutes ±0.8 (231,590  ±18,377) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 22.8 1,484,250 (±0.5 / ±45,088)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

13,967 ±461 Number of households
  • the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 64,769 ±669
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.1 ±0.1 (29,294  ±47) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 2.3 146,498 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

6% ±2.5% (461  ±192) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 6.2% † 2,122 (±1.4% / ±468)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

15,559 ±430 Number of housing units
  • the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 75,405 ±152
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$206,300 ±$11,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $193,800 ±$4,708
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

18.9% ±3.3% (5,931  ±1,037) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 13.3% 20,236 (±1% / ±1,487)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

95.8% ±4.7% (21,937  ±1,203.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 94.5% 104,785 (±2.1% / ±2,286.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
36.3% ±3% (8,315  ±717.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 30.5% 33,782 (±1.2% / ±1,344.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% ±1% (1,688  ±328) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 3.2% 4,893
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

8.4% ±1.5% (2,205  ±381) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 8.3% 10,413 (±0.5% / ±664)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
2,205 Total veterans ±381 2,044 Male ±373 161 Female ±76

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