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Oakland town, Kennebec County, ME

6,284 Population
25.7 square miles 244.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±6.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kennebec County: 44 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$39,436 ±$4,531 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kennebec County: $37,344 ±$978
  • a little less than the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$74,230 ±$12,779 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kennebec County: $65,062 ±$2,268
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

10.1% ±4% (632  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kennebec County: 12.3% 14,969 (±1.2% / ±1,462)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

25.8 minutes ±2.4 (62,515  ±10,141) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kennebec County: 23.8 1,226,600 (±0.7 / ±51,227)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

2,719 ±181 Number of households
  • Kennebec County: 53,936 ±598
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.3 ±0.2 (6,256  ±17) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kennebec County: 2.3 121,425 (±0 / ±62)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

0.9% ±1.4% (12  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kennebec County: 5% † 1,350 (±1.1% / ±300)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

3,260 ±255 Number of housing units
  • Kennebec County: 63,140 ±83
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$217,100 ±$33,455 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Kennebec County: $219,900 ±$4,083
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

7.2% ±4.2% (454  ±261.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kennebec County: 12.5% † 15,497 (±1.4% / ±1,727.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

96% ±9% (4,492  ±494.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kennebec County: 94.8% 86,089 (±2.2% / ±2,005.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
22.9% ±4.5% (1,072  ±220.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kennebec County: 30.9% 28,043 (±1.3% / ±1,221.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.9% ±1.6% (118  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kennebec County: 2.4% 3,034
  • about half the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

12.7% ±5.7% (611  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kennebec County: 9.8% 9,952 (±0.7% / ±708)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
611 Total veterans ±276 331 Male ±123 280 Female ±256

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