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Searsport town, Waldo County, ME

2,649 Population
28.7 square miles 92.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±11.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Waldo County: 46.9 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,662 ±$5,597 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Waldo County: $38,183 ±$1,576
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$61,283 ±$18,551 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waldo County: $68,441 ±$4,439
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

15.2% ±9.9% (401  ±262) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Waldo County: 12.8% † 4,992 (±1.3% / ±522)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

23.8 minutes ±7.9 (27,775  ±6,271) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waldo County: 26.2 408,570 (±0.8 / ±22,200)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

1,293 ±152 Number of households
  • Waldo County: 17,476 ±345
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2 ±0.2 (2,639  ±13) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waldo County: 2.3 39,273 (±0 / ±93)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

8.1% ±7.3% (43  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Waldo County: 4.6% † 362 (±1.5% / ±115)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

1,628 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Waldo County: 22,118 ±63
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$242,200 ±$66,861 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Waldo County: $239,100 ±$7,407
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

11.2% ±5.7% (290  ±146.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Waldo County: 8.7% † 3,450 (±1.1% / ±428.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

95.1% ±15.7% (1,959  ±371.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waldo County: 93.7% 28,072 (±3.3% / ±985.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
27.6% ±9.4% (569  ±200.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Waldo County: 34.8% 10,431 (±2.1% / ±613.8)
  • about 80 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.4% ±4.7% (123  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Waldo County: 7.9% 2,592 (±0.7% / ±212)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
123 Total veterans ±107 123 Male ±107 N/A Female ±11

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