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Sanford, ME

22,095 Population
47.8 square miles 462.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in York County: 45.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,375 ±$2,595 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in York County: $44,548 ±$981
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$70,570 ±$6,430 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in York County: $82,904 ±$3,247
  • about the same as the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

10.6% ±3% (2,304  ±652) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in York County: 7.8% † 16,428 (±0.8% / ±1,690)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

27.4 minutes ±1.1 (271,705  ±19,769) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in York County: 27.1 2,573,320 (±0.7 / ±86,401)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

9,331 ±355 Number of households
  • York County: 90,250 ±907
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.3 ±0.1 (21,764  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in York County: 2.3 211,356 (±0 / ±88)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

6.6% ±2.9% (332  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in York County: 4.5% † 2,011 (±0.8% / ±364)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

9,974 ±361 Number of housing units
  • York County: 113,853 ±120
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$257,200 ±$9,663 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in York County: $357,200 ±$6,179
  • a little less than the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

12% ±2.4% (2,617  ±530.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in York County: 9.9% 21,151 (±0.8% / ±1,589.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

90.6% ±4.8% (14,764  ±862) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in York County: 95.1% 152,872 (±1.8% / ±2,970.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
23.6% ±2.8% (3,845  ±464.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in York County: 34.6% 55,574 (±1% / ±1,678.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.9% ±1.4% (853  ±308) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in York County: 3.8% 8,243
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

8.7% ±1.4% (1,493  ±248) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in York County: 8.9% 15,523 (±0.5% / ±903)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
1,493 Total veterans ±248 1,377 Male ±238 116 Female ±58

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