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Harpswell town, Cumberland County, ME

5,029 Population
24.1 square miles 208.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Cumberland County: 42.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$66,566 ±$8,091 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $54,238 ±$1,059
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$90,585 ±$12,498 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cumberland County: $92,983 ±$1,733
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

5.5% ±2.4% (273  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cumberland County: 7.1% 20,956 (±0.5% / ±1,422)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

28.5 minutes ±3.7 (60,400  ±11,300) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 23.4 3,137,995 (±0.4 / ±75,295)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

2,557 ±200 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 130,003 ±922
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2 ±0.2 (5,009  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cumberland County: 2.3 296,487 (±0 / ±80)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

4% ±4.1% (30  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 4.3% † 3,004 (±0.6% / ±450)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

4,290 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 151,519 ±213
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$560,200 ±$47,779 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cumberland County: $411,400 ±$6,593
  • more than double the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

3.7% ±2.6% (185  ±129) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Cumberland County: 11.4% 34,408 (±0.7% / ±1,964.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

96.6% ±8.4% (4,083  ±396.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cumberland County: 96.5% 216,840 (±1.6% / ±3,656.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
53.5% ±6.8% (2,263  ±301.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 52.2% 117,212 (±1.1% / ±2,551.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

2.9% ±1.3% (146  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Cumberland County: 6.5% 19,750
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

11.3% ±2.8% (516  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cumberland County: 6.7% 16,773 (±0.4% / ±1,045)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
516 Total veterans ±127 407 Male ±105 109 Female ±58

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