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Rockland, ME

7,035 Population
12.8 square miles 547.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.3 ±6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Knox County: 49.5 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,105 ±$4,006 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Knox County: $44,763 ±$1,917
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
$56,533 ±$6,121 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $74,096 ±$3,739
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795

10.4% ±3.5% (709  ±238) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 8.2% † 3,211 (±1.3% / ±495)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)

12.4 minutes ±2.8 (34,215  ±5,303) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Knox County: 19.6 311,550 (±0.8 / ±21,559)
  • about half the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

3,565 ±253 Number of households
  • Knox County: 18,484 ±485
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
1.9 ±0.1 (6,853  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Knox County: 2.1 39,196 (±0.1 / ±161)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076

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

Housing

4,222 ±232 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 24,564 ±110
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671

$245,800 ±$37,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $324,900 ±$14,707
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876

13% ±4.6% (916  ±324.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Knox County: 9.7% † 3,955 (±1.6% / ±651.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)

Social

90.8% ±9.2% (4,911  ±551.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Knox County: 94.8% 29,947 (±3.4% / ±1,064.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
35.6% ±5.9% (1,925  ±334.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Knox County: 39.7% 12,553 (±2.2% / ±679.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)

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

0.9% ±0.7% (62  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Knox County: 3.1% 1,283
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448

10.4% ±2.5% (617  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 8.7% † 2,953 (±1% / ±329)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
617 Total veterans ±152 572 Male ±140 45 Female ±37

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