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Orono town, Penobscot County, ME

11,693 Population
18.2 square miles 642.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22 ±0.4 Median age
  • about half the figure in Penobscot County: 42.5 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,613 ±$2,244 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $36,736 ±$963
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$58,893 ±$6,712 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $63,248 ±$2,103
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

25% ±3.7% (1,964  ±293) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Penobscot County: 13.6% 19,846 (±0.9% / ±1,311)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

16.5 minutes ±1.8 (85,555  ±11,946) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Penobscot County: 22.8 1,484,250 (±0.5 / ±45,088)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

3,478 ±176 Number of households
  • Penobscot County: 64,769 ±669
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.3 ±0.1 (7,862  ±59) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Penobscot County: 2.3 146,498 (±0 / ±89)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

1.7% ±1.6% (68  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Penobscot County: 6.2% † 2,122 (±1.4% / ±468)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

3,759 ±216 Number of housing units
  • Penobscot County: 75,405 ±152
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$217,800 ±$25,080 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Penobscot County: $193,800 ±$4,708
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

34.6% ±4.3% (4,026  ±494.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Penobscot County: 13.3% 20,236 (±1% / ±1,487)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

98% ±7.1% (4,629  ±448.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 94.5% 104,785 (±2.1% / ±2,286.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
64.5% ±6.3% (3,048  ±354.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Penobscot County: 30.5% 33,782 (±1.2% / ±1,344.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

6.7% ±1.6% (778  ±192) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Penobscot County: 3.2% 4,893
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

4.4% ±1.3% (479  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Penobscot County: 8.3% 10,413 (±0.5% / ±664)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
479 Total veterans ±139 411 Male ±121 68 Female ±53

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