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Bowdoinham town, Sagadahoc County, ME

3,142 Population
34.4 square miles 91.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±13.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sagadahoc County: 47.3 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,986 ±$9,383 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sagadahoc County: $47,808 ±$2,315
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$108,479 ±$20,937 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Sagadahoc County: $87,806 ±$5,189
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.5% ±10% (423  ±314) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sagadahoc County: 10% † 3,693 (±1.8% / ±644)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27 minutes ±0.6 (31,240  ±9,083) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Sagadahoc County: 25.8 392,470 (±1.5 / ±30,929)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,285 ±154 Number of households
  • Sagadahoc County: 16,446 ±370
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (3,138  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sagadahoc County: 2.3 36,944 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,370 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Sagadahoc County: 19,239 ±42
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$405,500 ±$104,836 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Sagadahoc County: $333,300 ±$12,584
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.8% ±3% (89  ±94.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sagadahoc County: 11.2% † 4,150 (±1.9% / ±700.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.5% ±15.3% (2,429  ±432.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sagadahoc County: 95.7% 27,310 (±4% / ±1,153.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
43.8% ±10.7% (1,102  ±282.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sagadahoc County: 44.2% 12,623 (±2.7% / ±780.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2% ±2.8% (63  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sagadahoc County: 2.5% 928
  • about half the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±3.4% (171  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sagadahoc County: 10.7% † 3,287 (±1.2% / ±372)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
171 Total veterans ±90 156 Male ±85 15 Female ±22

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