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Scarborough, ME

23,215 Population
47.7 square miles 486.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 42.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$70,379 ±$4,564 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $55,739 ±$1,111
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$133,558 ±$20,837 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cumberland County: $95,677 ±$1,883
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.4% ±1.4% (1,002  ±316) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cumberland County: 7.4% 21,990 (±0.6% / ±1,786)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.4 minutes ±0.9 (179,895  ±17,575) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cumberland County: 23.2 3,036,585 (±0.5 / ±79,199)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,972 ±391 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 132,168 ±983
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (22,801  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cumberland County: 2.3 299,073 (±0 / ±120)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±1.3% (84  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cumberland County: 4.4% † 3,128 (±0.7% / ±480)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,097 ±391 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 153,286 ±137
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$551,900 ±$39,157 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $451,200 ±$5,798
  • nearly double the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±1.7% (1,739  ±402.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cumberland County: 11% 33,651 (±0.6% / ±1,934.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.8% ±5.5% (17,868  ±1,095.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cumberland County: 96.8% 220,132 (±1.5% / ±3,432.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
57.7% ±4.3% (10,429  ±822) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 53% 120,556 (±1.1% / ±2,466)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.2% ±1.3% (967  ±290) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cumberland County: 6.7% 20,646
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±2% (1,707  ±396) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cumberland County: 6.3% 15,984 (±0.3% / ±742)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,707 Total veterans ±396 1,586 Male ±386 121 Female ±68

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