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Knox County, ME

41,003 Population
364.9 square miles 112.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • 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

$44,763 ±$1,917 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,096 ±$3,739 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±1.3% (3,211  ±495) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.6 minutes ±0.8 (311,550  ±21,559) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

18,484 ±485 Number of households
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (39,196  ±161) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±1% (211  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,564 ±110 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$324,900 ±$14,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±1.6% (3,955  ±651.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±3.4% (29,947  ±1,064.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.7% ±2.2% (12,553  ±679.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

3.1% (1,283  ±222) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±1% (2,953  ±329) Population with veteran status
  • 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)
2,953 Total veterans ±329 2,699 Male ±318 254 Female ±83

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