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Porter town, Oxford County, ME

1,566 Population
31.5 square miles 49.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±8 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

$30,515 ±$3,418 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oxford County: $33,545 ±$1,121
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$58,333 ±$8,999 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

11.9% ±4.8% (186  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oxford County: 14.2% † 8,187 (±1.8% / ±1,032)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

32.8 minutes ±3.6 (20,560  ±5,499) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oxford County: 28.8 668,045 (±0.9 / ±32,470)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

600 ±80 Number of households
  • Oxford County: 23,694 ±572
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.6 ±0.5 (1,566  ±194) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oxford County: 2.4 57,915 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

10.6% ±6.4% (29  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Oxford County: 4.8% † 549 (±1.4% / ±157)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

769 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Oxford County: 36,558 ±71
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$217,400 ±$20,859 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oxford County: $192,300 ±$5,811
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

10.1% ±5.8% (155  ±91.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Oxford County: 10.2% † 5,914 (±1.3% / ±756.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

92.6% ±16.8% (1,184  ±147.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oxford County: 92.6% 41,368 (±2.7% / ±1,201.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
16.9% ±5% (216  ±70.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oxford County: 22.5% 10,050 (±1.4% / ±613.3)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

5% ±2.8% (78  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Oxford County: 1.5% 875
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

9.6% ±2.7% (126  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Oxford County: 9.5% 4,592 (±0.8% / ±383)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
126 Total veterans ±39 126 Male ±39 N/A Female ±11

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