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Sweden town, Oxford County, ME

473 Population
28.8 square miles 16.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.1 ±15.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oxford County: 48.3 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,235 ±$9,579 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Oxford County: $33,545 ±$1,121
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$67,500 ±$25,674 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oxford County: $57,933 ±$2,891
  • a little less than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

18.4% ±13% (87  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oxford County: 14.2% † 8,187 (±1.8% / ±1,032)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

30.5 minutes ±4.9 (5,950  ±2,420) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Oxford County: 28.8 668,045 (±0.9 / ±32,470)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

168 ±32 Number of households
  • Oxford County: 23,694 ±572
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.8 ±0.6 (473  ±130) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oxford County: 2.4 57,915 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

1.2% ±2.4% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oxford County: 4.8% † 549 (±1.4% / ±157)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

327 ±48 Number of housing units
  • Oxford County: 36,558 ±71
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$285,900 ±$53,608 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

3% ±4% (14  ±18.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oxford County: 10.2% † 5,914 (±1.3% / ±756.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

91.3% ±4.1% (314  ±68.1) 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)
31.1% ±11% (107  ±44.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oxford County: 22.5% 10,050 (±1.4% / ±613.3)
  • about 90 percent 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

3.8% ±1.6% (18  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Oxford County: 1.5% 875
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

8.3% ±2.9% (31  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oxford County: 9.5% 4,592 (±0.8% / ±383)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
31 Total veterans ±13 28 Male ±12 3 Female ±4

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