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Sherman town, Aroostook County, ME

947 Population
40 square miles 23.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±8.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Aroostook County: 48.3 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,054 ±$6,121 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Aroostook County: $34,879 ±$1,464
  • about half the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,444 ±$6,735 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Aroostook County: $56,700 ±$1,809
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

37.5% ±16.4% (355  ±172) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Aroostook County: 14.4% 9,399 (±1.3% / ±813)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±10 (4,145  ±1,255) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Aroostook County: 18.3 476,875 (±0.5 / ±20,047)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

310 ±44 Number of households
  • Aroostook County: 29,932 ±483
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.5 (942  ±195) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Aroostook County: 2.2 65,192 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

13.1% ±11.5% (24  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Aroostook County: 4.3% † 529 (±0.9% / ±105)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

439 ±57 Number of housing units
  • Aroostook County: 38,450 ±135
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$115,200 ±$14,303 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Aroostook County: $149,700 ±$6,059
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.7% ±6% (71  ±56.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Aroostook County: 9.9% † 6,609 (±1% / ±673.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

84.3% ±17.2% (466  ±64.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Aroostook County: 91.1% 45,633 (±2.4% / ±1,206.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.7% ±5.2% (76  ±30.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Aroostook County: 23.4% 11,738 (±1.4% / ±680.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about two-fifths of 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

1.2% ±0.8% (11  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Aroostook County: 4.1% 2,756
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±1.6% (28  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Aroostook County: 10% 5,478 (±0.7% / ±398)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
28 Total veterans ±11 26 Male ±10 2 Female ±2

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