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Wells town, York County, ME

11,713 Population
57.7 square miles 203.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.6 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in York County: 45.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$48,140 ±$4,179 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in York County: $47,536 ±$993
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
$88,024 ±$11,382 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in York County: $88,333 ±$2,794
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795

6.8% ±2.3% (793  ±273) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in York County: 7.7% 16,340 (±0.7% / ±1,541)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)

27.5 minutes ±1.6 (122,335  ±13,879) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in York County: 27.8 2,592,360 (±0.8 / ±86,911)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

5,067 ±211 Number of households
  • York County: 91,413 ±927
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
2.3 ±0.1 (11,701  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in York County: 2.3 213,286 (±0 / ±72)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076

2.3% ±2.2% (48  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in York County: 3.7% † 1,653 (±0.7% / ±309)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)

Housing

9,644 ±404 Number of housing units
  • York County: 115,091 ±117
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671

$485,300 ±$22,942 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in York County: $395,700 ±$6,526
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876

4.8% ±1.7% (559  ±195.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in York County: 9.4% 20,149 (±0.8% / ±1,732.8)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)

Social

95.7% ±6.2% (8,527  ±621.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in York County: 95.4% 155,470 (±1.8% / ±2,979.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
43.3% ±4.4% (3,858  ±409.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in York County: 36.2% 59,056 (±1% / ±1,644.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)

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

6.1% ±3.3% (712  ±384) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in York County: 4% 8,629
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448

8.7% ±2.2% (837  ±212) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in York County: 8.7% 15,382 (±0.5% / ±834)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
837 Total veterans ±212 701 Male ±205 136 Female ±113

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