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Census Tract 7, Penobscot, ME

2,896 Population
6.8 square miles 427.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±10.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bangor: 41 ±1.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Penobscot County: 42.5 ±0.3

Economics

$44,306 ±$7,865 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bangor: $38,557 ±$2,433
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Penobscot County: $37,915 ±$990
$74,800 ±$12,041 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Bangor: $59,942 † ±$7,028
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Penobscot County: $66,356 ±$1,898

5.1% ±2% (141  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bangor: 17.9% † 5,310 (±2.3% / ±696)
  • about one-third of the rate in Penobscot County: 14.1% 20,788 (±1% / ±1,474)

12.6 minutes ±1.9 (17,020  ±4,413) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Bangor: 16.6 232,240 (±1.2 / ±20,783)
  • about half the figure in Penobscot County: 22.7 1,482,740 (±0.5 / ±48,889)

Families

1,284 ±244 Number of households
  • Bangor: 14,581 ±504
  • Penobscot County: 65,221 ±625
2.2 ±0.5 (2,783  ±401) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bangor: 2 29,509 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • a little less than the figure in Penobscot County: 2.3 147,368 (±0 / ±93)

1.2% ±2.7% (6  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bangor: 4.8% † 377 (±2.1% / ±170)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Penobscot County: 5.8% † 2,017 (±1.2% / ±412)

Housing

1,446 ±240 Number of housing units
  • Bangor: 16,042 ±505
  • Penobscot County: 75,683 ±107

$232,300 ±$9,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Bangor: $219,600 ±$10,305
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Penobscot County: $214,100 ±$4,463

12.2% ±5.3% (352  ±161.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bangor: 17.9% † 5,651 (±3.1% / ±981.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Penobscot County: 12.4% 18,951 (±1% / ±1,508.6)

Social

98.4% ±6.1% (2,236  ±364.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bangor: 96% 22,241 (±4.8% / ±1,231.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 94.8% 105,698 (±2% / ±2,277)
48.9% ±7.1% (1,112  ±232.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bangor: 35.1% 8,125 (±3% / ±717.9)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

2.8% ±2.6% (81  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Bangor: 6% † 1,911 (±1.3% / ±401)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Penobscot County: 3.4% 5,190

9.1% ±6.4% (218  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bangor: 7.8% † 2,059 (±1.6% / ±417)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 7.7% 9,808 (±0.6% / ±699)
218 Total veterans ±158 195 Male ±154 23 Female ±29

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