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Cape Elizabeth town, Cumberland County, ME

9,606 Population
14.9 square miles 646.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 42.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$77,799 ±$8,848 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cumberland County: $55,739 ±$1,111
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
$145,821 ±$8,378 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Cumberland County: $95,677 ±$1,883
  • about double the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795

5.2% ±3.1% (494  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cumberland County: 7.4% 21,990 (±0.6% / ±1,786)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)

21.4 minutes ±0.7 (65,965  ±10,249) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cumberland County: 23.2 3,036,585 (±0.5 / ±79,199)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

3,732 ±242 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 132,168 ±983
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
2.6 ±0.2 (9,512  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 2.3 299,073 (±0 / ±120)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076

6% ±7.7% (108  ±138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cumberland County: 4.4% † 3,128 (±0.7% / ±480)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)

Housing

3,981 ±270 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 153,286 ±137
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671

$731,600 ±$53,273 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Cumberland County: $451,200 ±$5,798
  • more than double the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876

8.1% ±5.7% (779  ±547.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cumberland County: 11% 33,651 (±0.6% / ±1,934.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)

Social

99.3% ±7.8% (6,760  ±610.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
74.1% ±7% (5,045  ±525) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cumberland County: 53% 120,556 (±1.1% / ±2,466)
  • about double the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)

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

5.9% ±2.8% (566  ±264) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 6.7% 20,646
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448

5.4% ±2.8% (382  ±196) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 6.3% 15,984 (±0.3% / ±742)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
382 Total veterans ±196 353 Male ±187 29 Female ±34

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