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Skowhegan town, Somerset County, ME

8,639 Population
58.8 square miles 146.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 46.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,342 ±$2,794 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $32,452 ±$2,088
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$51,216 ±$7,983 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $56,199 ±$2,187
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

14.7% ±3.8% (1,238  ±318) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Somerset County: 15.6% † 7,756 (±1.6% / ±808)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

23.7 minutes ±2.5 (77,200  ±11,502) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 27.6 550,530 (±1.3 / ±32,503)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

3,876 ±280 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 22,737 ±370
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.2 ±0.2 (8,438  ±20) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 2.2 50,048 (±0 / ±28)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

2.9% ±3.2% (52  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Somerset County: 5.8% † 587 (±1.8% / ±178)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

4,154 ±286 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 30,009 ±45
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$157,100 ±$21,296 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Somerset County: $155,200 ±$6,500
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

12.1% ±4.1% (1,027  ±350.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 13% † 6,522 (±1.9% / ±963.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

94.5% ±6.3% (5,934  ±532) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 92.9% 35,348 (±3.2% / ±1,200.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
23.6% ±4.1% (1,480  ±269.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 20.3% 7,732 (±1.5% / ±556.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.2% ±1% (103  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 1.5% 749
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

11.1% ±2.7% (758  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 11% 4,560 (±0.9% / ±365)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
758 Total veterans ±190 731 Male ±188 27 Female ±26

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