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Medway, ME

1,027 Population
41 square miles 25 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.8 ±8.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Penobscot County: 42.5 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,864 ±$3,746 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Penobscot County: $36,736 ±$963
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$52,857 ±$18,749 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $63,248 ±$2,103
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

19.5% ±7.1% (199  ±87) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Penobscot County: 13.6% 19,846 (±0.9% / ±1,311)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

25.8 minutes ±2.8 (9,450  ±2,432) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Penobscot County: 22.8 1,484,250 (±0.5 / ±45,088)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

480 ±67 Number of households
  • Penobscot County: 64,769 ±669
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.1 ±0.4 (1,027  ±251) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Penobscot County: 2.3 146,498 (±0 / ±89)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

1.1% ±1.7% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Penobscot County: 6.2% † 2,122 (±1.4% / ±468)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

566 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Penobscot County: 75,405 ±152
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$83,800 ±$8,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Penobscot County: $193,800 ±$4,708
  • about one-third of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

2.9% ±2.4% (30  ±26) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Penobscot County: 13.3% 20,236 (±1% / ±1,487)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

91.4% ±19.6% (761  ±112.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Penobscot County: 94.5% 104,785 (±2.1% / ±2,286.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
8.3% ±3.7% (69  ±32.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Penobscot County: 30.5% 33,782 (±1.2% / ±1,344.4)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.5% ±0.4% (5  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Penobscot County: 3.2% 4,893
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

9.6% ±3.3% (82  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 8.3% 10,413 (±0.5% / ±664)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
82 Total veterans ±31 78 Male ±30 4 Female ±5

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