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Appleton, ME

1,502 Population
32.7 square miles 45.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±4.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Knox County: 49.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,502 ±$3,948 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $42,729 ±$1,896
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$60,357 ±$23,045 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Knox County: $71,903 ±$4,160
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

13% ±6.6% (194  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Knox County: 8.8% † 3,424 (±1.3% / ±524)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

32.2 minutes ±4.4 (19,575  ±4,442) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Knox County: 20.1 323,050 (±1.1 / ±22,301)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

676 ±143 Number of households
  • Knox County: 17,979 ±444
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.2 ±0.6 (1,502  ±231) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Knox County: 2.2 39,097 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

7% ±4.8% (21  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Knox County: 3% † 227 (±1.2% / ±87)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

763 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 24,428 ±90
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$214,400 ±$34,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $290,800 ±$11,598
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

3.8% ±2.7% (56  ±40.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Knox County: 9.6% † 3,880 (±1.4% / ±570)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

96.8% ±5.6% (1,071  ±176.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Knox County: 94.3% 29,620 (±3.2% / ±1,002.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
31.2% ±5.4% (345  ±79.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Knox County: 39.1% 12,283 (±2.1% / ±672)
  • 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

3.4% ±2.4% (51  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 3% 1,212
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

11.1% ±4.2% (134  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Knox County: 8.6% † 2,911 (±0.9% / ±310)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
134 Total veterans ±55 111 Male ±50 23 Female ±20

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