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Census Tract 242.02, Kennebec, ME

4,645 Population
8.3 square miles 561.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Waterville: 35.5 ±2.5
  • about half the figure in Kennebec County: 43.7 ±0.3

Economics

$28,711 ±$3,918 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waterville: $32,905 ±$2,854
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kennebec County: $38,597 ±$1,065
$61,625 ±$19,129 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Waterville: $53,580 ±$3,811
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kennebec County: $69,077 ±$2,603

12.6% ±7% (275  ±160) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Waterville: 20.6% † 2,944 (±4.8% / ±680)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kennebec County: 11.6% † 14,256 (±1.2% / ±1,417)

19 minutes ±3.2 (33,870  ±10,402) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Waterville: 18 116,075 (±1.6 / ±16,541)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kennebec County: 25.4 1,295,020 (±0.8 / ±55,155)

Families

1,173 ±136 Number of households
  • Waterville: 6,804 ±443
  • Kennebec County: 54,312 ±666
1.9 ±0.2 (2,183  ±360) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waterville: 2.1 14,181 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kennebec County: 2.3 122,406 (±0 / ±52)

0.9% ±1.5% (14  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Waterville: 8.2% † 357 (±3.6% / ±159)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kennebec County: 5% † 1,393 (±1.2% / ±325)

Housing

1,182 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Waterville: 7,312 ±449
  • Kennebec County: 63,521 ±59

$184,400 ±$63,147 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Waterville: $184,600 † ±$20,944
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kennebec County: $238,200 ±$5,239

33.4% ±14.5% (1,546  ±681.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Waterville: 21.7% † 3,649 (±5.1% / ±862.5)
  • more than double the rate in Kennebec County: 12% † 15,031 (±1.3% / ±1,680.7)

Social

92.3% ±5.2% (1,799  ±315.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waterville: 91.7% 9,756 (±6.5% / ±819.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Kennebec County: 94.9% 86,811 (±2.2% / ±2,008.1)
31.3% ±8.4% (610  ±192.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waterville: 30.8% † 3,274 (±4.1% / ±457.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Kennebec County: 31.9% 29,219 (±1.3% / ±1,147.2)

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

5.7% ±3.6% (265  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Waterville: 4% † 675 (±1.4% / ±231)
  • more than double the rate in Kennebec County: 2.4% 3,096

4.8% ±2.7% (214  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Waterville: 5.3% † 776 (±1.6% / ±241)
  • about half the rate in Kennebec County: 9.5% 9,769 (±0.7% / ±730)
214 Total veterans ±123 214 Male ±123 N/A Female ±11

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