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Bowdoinham town, Sagadahoc County, ME

3,115 Population
34.4 square miles 90.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±13.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Sagadahoc County: 47.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,333 ±$7,715 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sagadahoc County: $45,131 ±$2,159
  • about the same as the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$104,914 ±$14,827 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sagadahoc County: $82,080 ±$4,866
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

13.7% ±10% (426  ±310) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sagadahoc County: 11.1% † 4,086 (±1.9% / ±699)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

36.8 minutes ±13.2 (41,960  ±17,549) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Sagadahoc County: 24.9 399,475 (±1.1 / ±25,328)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

1,240 ±128 Number of households
  • Sagadahoc County: 16,175 ±402
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.5 ±0.3 (3,111  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sagadahoc County: 2.3 36,809 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,355 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Sagadahoc County: 19,109 ±36
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$335,000 ±$99,453 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sagadahoc County: $300,200 ±$12,423
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

3.4% ±3.1% (105  ±96.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Sagadahoc County: 10.8% † 3,991 (±1.9% / ±686.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

96.5% ±15.2% (2,370  ±419.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sagadahoc County: 94.8% 26,784 (±4.2% / ±1,177.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
39.4% ±11.5% (969  ±293.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sagadahoc County: 41.1% 11,619 (±2.7% / ±760.4)
  • about 10 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

1.9% ±2.6% (58  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sagadahoc County: 3% 1,111
  • about half the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

6.9% ±3.5% (175  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sagadahoc County: 10.9% † 3,325 (±1.2% / ±363)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
175 Total veterans ±89 159 Male ±80 16 Female ±26

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