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Sumner town, Oxford County, ME

996 Population
44.3 square miles 22.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±11.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Oxford County: 48.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,193 ±$4,984 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oxford County: $33,545 ±$1,121
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$51,250 ±$14,772 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oxford County: $57,933 ±$2,891
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

5.1% ±2.4% (51  ±26) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Oxford County: 14.2% † 8,187 (±1.8% / ±1,032)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

41.2 minutes ±2.5 (15,030  ±4,656) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Oxford County: 28.8 668,045 (±0.9 / ±32,470)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

408 ±81 Number of households
  • Oxford County: 23,694 ±572
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.4 ±0.2 (996  ±220) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Oxford County: 2.4 57,915 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

11.2% ±9.2% (22  ±20) 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

615 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Oxford County: 36,558 ±71
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$155,300 ±$60,881 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oxford County: $192,300 ±$5,811
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

8.2% ±4.8% (80  ±50) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oxford County: 10.2% † 5,914 (±1.3% / ±756.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

91.8% ±25.3% (684  ±124) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oxford County: 92.6% 41,368 (±2.7% / ±1,201.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
21.7% ±4% (162  ±45.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Oxford County: 22.5% 10,050 (±1.4% / ±613.3)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.2% ±0.4% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Oxford County: 1.5% 875
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

9.8% ±3.2% (78  ±30) 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)
78 Total veterans ±30 78 Male ±30 N/A Female ±11

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