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Brewer, ME

9,654 Population
15.2 square miles 633.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±3.7 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

$36,715 ±$4,344 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $36,736 ±$963
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$51,490 ±$12,877 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $63,248 ±$2,103
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

17.2% ±5.4% (1,614  ±507) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 13.6% 19,846 (±0.9% / ±1,311)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

17.2 minutes ±1.7 (73,215  ±10,007) 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

4,440 ±235 Number of households
  • the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 64,769 ±669
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.1 ±0.1 (9,407  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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

8.3% ±4.3% (199  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 6.2% † 2,122 (±1.4% / ±468)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

4,565 ±235 Number of housing units
  • the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 75,405 ±152
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$218,100 ±$16,781 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $193,800 ±$4,708
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

15.3% ±4.6% (1,458  ±438.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 13.3% 20,236 (±1% / ±1,487)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

95.2% ±7.8% (6,731  ±620.3) 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)
30.5% ±4.3% (2,158  ±315.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 30.5% 33,782 (±1.2% / ±1,344.4)
  • about 90 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

1.6% ±0.8% (152  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 3.2% 4,893
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

8.6% ±2.4% (668  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 8.3% 10,413 (±0.5% / ±664)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
668 Total veterans ±191 519 Male ±152 149 Female ±129

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