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Penobscot town, Hancock County, ME

1,127 Population
39.9 square miles 28.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.5 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hancock County: 49.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,028 ±$7,927 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hancock County: $41,576 ±$1,391
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$52,500 ±$10,048 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hancock County: $69,630 ±$2,902
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

11.7% ±5.6% (131  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 10.2% † 5,591 (±1.3% / ±693)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

25.3 minutes ±11 (9,750  ±2,414) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Hancock County: 24.9 593,010 (±0.8 / ±27,035)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

528 ±70 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 24,992 ±571
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.1 ±0.2 (1,127  ±181) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hancock County: 2.2 54,475 (±0.1 / ±64)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

2.4% ±3.5% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Hancock County: 5.3% † 567 (±1.4% / ±151)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

768 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 40,514 ±55
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$261,100 ±$34,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hancock County: $278,400 ±$8,117
  • about the same as the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

12.6% ±7.4% (142  ±86.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 11.4% † 6,364 (±1.5% / ±805.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

97.7% ±19% (872  ±111.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hancock County: 95% 40,608 (±2.8% / ±1,196)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
32.6% ±3.6% (291  ±53.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 39.2% 16,754 (±1.8% / ±751)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

2.4% ±1.6% (27  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 3% 1,683
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

10.5% ±3.6% (101  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 8.3% 3,869 (±0.7% / ±330)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
101 Total veterans ±38 101 Male ±38 N/A Female ±11

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