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Bethel town, Oxford County, ME

2,575 Population
64.6 square miles 39.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±6.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Oxford County: 48.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$48,845 ±$9,233 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Oxford County: $33,545 ±$1,121
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$56,875 ±$26,412 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Oxford County: $57,933 ±$2,891
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

13.8% ±6.7% (353  ±172) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Oxford County: 14.2% † 8,187 (±1.8% / ±1,032)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

26.4 minutes ±6.4 (27,700  ±8,201) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oxford County: 28.8 668,045 (±0.9 / ±32,470)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

1,205 ±112 Number of households
  • Oxford County: 23,694 ±572
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.1 ±0.2 (2,575  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oxford County: 2.4 57,915 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

1% ±1.4% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Oxford County: 4.8% † 549 (±1.4% / ±157)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

1,969 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Oxford County: 36,558 ±71
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$290,900 ±$37,125 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Oxford County: $192,300 ±$5,811
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

17.8% ±6.7% (453  ±171.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oxford County: 10.2% † 5,914 (±1.3% / ±756.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

96.9% ±11.5% (1,976  ±257) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Oxford County: 92.6% 41,368 (±2.7% / ±1,201.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
41.3% ±8.6% (842  ±180.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Oxford County: 22.5% 10,050 (±1.4% / ±613.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

0.2% ±0.3% (4  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Oxford County: 1.5% 875
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

11.5% ±4.6% (254  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oxford County: 9.5% 4,592 (±0.8% / ±383)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
254 Total veterans ±102 254 Male ±102 N/A Female ±11

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