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Census Tract 5, Penobscot, ME

3,573 Population
0.8 square miles 4,213.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bangor: 41 ±1.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Penobscot County: 42.5 ±0.3

Economics

$37,379 ±$4,384 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Bangor: $38,557 ±$2,433
  • about the same as the amount in Penobscot County: $37,915 ±$990
$67,794 ±$20,110 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bangor: $59,942 † ±$7,028
  • about the same as the amount in Penobscot County: $66,356 ±$1,898

8.1% ±3.2% (273  ±116) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Bangor: 17.9% † 5,310 (±2.3% / ±696)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Penobscot County: 14.1% 20,788 (±1% / ±1,474)

17.4 minutes ±2.9 (26,355  ±8,311) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Bangor: 16.6 232,240 (±1.2 / ±20,783)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Penobscot County: 22.7 1,482,740 (±0.5 / ±48,889)

Families

1,778 ±307 Number of households
  • Bangor: 14,581 ±504
  • Penobscot County: 65,221 ±625
1.9 ±0.4 (3,340  ±528) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bangor: 2 29,509 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Penobscot County: 2.3 147,368 (±0 / ±93)

10.6% ±7.9% (99  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Bangor: 4.8% † 377 (±2.1% / ±170)
  • nearly double the rate in Penobscot County: 5.8% † 2,017 (±1.2% / ±412)

Housing

2,066 ±277 Number of housing units
  • Bangor: 16,042 ±505
  • Penobscot County: 75,683 ±107

$199,200 ±$22,318 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bangor: $219,600 ±$10,305
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $214,100 ±$4,463

17.6% ±5.4% (613  ±209.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Bangor: 17.9% † 5,651 (±3.1% / ±981.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Penobscot County: 12.4% 18,951 (±1% / ±1,508.6)

Social

96.2% ±6.3% (2,672  ±428.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bangor: 96% 22,241 (±4.8% / ±1,231.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Penobscot County: 94.8% 105,698 (±2% / ±2,277)
31.8% ±8.5% (884  ±268.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bangor: 35.1% 8,125 (±3% / ±717.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 30.1% 33,620 (±1.2% / ±1,315.7)

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

1.5% ±1.8% (53  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bangor: 6% † 1,911 (±1.3% / ±401)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Penobscot County: 3.4% 5,190

4.4% ±2% (134  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bangor: 7.8% † 2,059 (±1.6% / ±417)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Penobscot County: 7.7% 9,808 (±0.6% / ±699)
134 Total veterans ±62 122 Male ±60 12 Female ±17

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