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Mexico, ME

2,026 Population
1.8 square miles 1,145.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±10.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Oxford County: 48.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$24,766 ±$3,739 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oxford County: $33,545 ±$1,121
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$46,625 ±$8,518 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oxford County: $57,933 ±$2,891
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

23.4% ±8.3% (471  ±179) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oxford County: 14.2% † 8,187 (±1.8% / ±1,032)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

23.5 minutes ±6.5 (16,410  ±5,765) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oxford County: 28.8 668,045 (±0.9 / ±32,470)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

859 ±147 Number of households
  • Oxford County: 23,694 ±572
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.4 ±0.5 (2,017  ±288) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Oxford County: 2.4 57,915 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

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

Housing

1,171 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Oxford County: 36,558 ±71
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$99,600 ±$12,775 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Oxford County: $192,300 ±$5,811
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

10.6% ±6.9% (215  ±143.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Oxford County: 10.2% † 5,914 (±1.3% / ±756.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

94.2% ±20.4% (1,385  ±208.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oxford County: 92.6% 41,368 (±2.7% / ±1,201.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
14.1% ±5.5% (207  ±86.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oxford County: 22.5% 10,050 (±1.4% / ±613.3)
  • about two-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.6% ±3.7% (102  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oxford County: 9.5% 4,592 (±0.8% / ±383)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
102 Total veterans ±59 67 Male ±39 35 Female ±43

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