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Waltham town, Hancock County, ME

346 Population
29.7 square miles 11.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.4 ±9.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hancock County: 49 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,001 ±$13,631 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Hancock County: $44,241 ±$2,005
  • a little less than the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,071 ±$14,409 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Hancock County: $72,744 ±$3,276
  • a little less than the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.7% ±15.2% (68  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Hancock County: 9.9% † 5,459 (±1.1% / ±608)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

41.1 minutes ±6.8 (5,590  ±1,972) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Hancock County: 25.4 591,745 (±1.2 / ±34,306)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

162 ±37 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 25,572 ±629
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (346  ±84) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hancock County: 2.1 54,795 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • 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

3.5% ±6.9% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hancock County: 5% † 551 (±1.6% / ±177)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

202 ±44 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 40,765 ±57
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$181,300 ±$21,884 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Hancock County: $310,400 ±$13,318
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.2% ±4.6% (4  ±15.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 10.8% † 6,050 (±1.4% / ±792.8)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.2% ±28.2% (262  ±53.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 95.6% 41,343 (±3% / ±1,293.2)
  • 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)
22.8% ±9.2% (64  ±29.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hancock County: 40.1% 17,353 (±1.8% / ±781.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

N/A Foreign-born population

14.3% ±5.7% (42  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hancock County: 8% 3,763 (±0.7% / ±341)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
42 Total veterans ±19 38 Male ±19 4 Female ±5

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