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Wells town, York County, ME

11,544 Population
57.7 square miles 200.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.5 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in York County: 45.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$44,553 ±$3,066 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in York County: $44,548 ±$981
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$83,900 ±$14,564 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in York County: $82,904 ±$3,247
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

8.3% ±3.3% (952  ±383) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in York County: 7.8% † 16,428 (±0.8% / ±1,690)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

29.1 minutes ±1.7 (136,350  ±16,094) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in York County: 27.1 2,573,320 (±0.7 / ±86,401)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

5,006 ±281 Number of households
  • York County: 90,250 ±907
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.3 ±0.1 (11,532  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in York County: 2.3 211,356 (±0 / ±88)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

4.3% ±3.5% (83  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in York County: 4.5% † 2,011 (±0.8% / ±364)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

9,590 ±356 Number of housing units
  • York County: 113,853 ±120
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$445,800 ±$30,050 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in York County: $357,200 ±$6,179
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

6.7% ±2.4% (759  ±272.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in York County: 9.9% 21,151 (±0.8% / ±1,589.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

92% ±7% (8,245  ±672.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in York County: 95.1% 152,872 (±1.8% / ±2,970.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
37.8% ±4.9% (3,382  ±452.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in York County: 34.6% 55,574 (±1% / ±1,678.8)
  • 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

5.1% ±2.4% (592  ±280) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in York County: 3.8% 8,243
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

8.9% ±2.4% (851  ±230) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in York County: 8.9% 15,523 (±0.5% / ±903)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
851 Total veterans ±230 715 Male ±183 136 Female ±115

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