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Census Tract 42, Penobscot, ME

2,740 Population
6.4 square miles 431.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Brewer: 40.1 † ±4.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Penobscot County: 42.5 ±0.3

Economics

$45,694 ±$9,823 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Brewer: $40,180 ±$3,849
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Penobscot County: $37,915 ±$990
$69,183 ±$19,054 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Brewer: $66,613 † ±$9,304
  • a little higher than the amount in Penobscot County: $66,356 ±$1,898

5.9% ±3.7% (154  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Brewer: 12.5% † 1,177 (±4.4% / ±415)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Penobscot County: 14.1% 20,788 (±1% / ±1,474)

16.1 minutes ±2.6 (19,105  ±5,354) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Brewer: 16.9 68,845 (±1 / ±8,688)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Penobscot County: 22.7 1,482,740 (±0.5 / ±48,889)

Families

1,125 ±123 Number of households
  • Brewer: 4,250 ±317
  • Penobscot County: 65,221 ±625
2.3 ±0.2 (2,590  ±357) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Brewer: 2.2 9,388 (±0.2 / ±45)
  • about the same as the figure in Penobscot County: 2.3 147,368 (±0 / ±93)

10.4% ±13.1% (57  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Brewer: 7.3% † 176 (±5.8% / ±143)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Penobscot County: 5.8% † 2,017 (±1.2% / ±412)

Housing

1,125 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Brewer: 4,402 ±340
  • Penobscot County: 75,683 ±107

$229,700 ±$42,059 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Brewer: $245,300 ±$20,892
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Penobscot County: $214,100 ±$4,463

11.2% ±6% (302  ±165.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Brewer: 16.9% † 1,613 (±5.7% / ±547.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Penobscot County: 12.4% 18,951 (±1% / ±1,508.6)

Social

97.1% ±9.1% (2,038  ±310.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brewer: 95.4% 6,584 (±7% / ±633.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Penobscot County: 94.8% 105,698 (±2% / ±2,277)
31.9% ±8.7% (669  ±200.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Brewer: 35% † 2,414 (±5% / ±378.1)
  • 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

0.9% ±1.5% (25  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Brewer: 1.5% † 144 (±0.8% / ±81)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Penobscot County: 3.4% 5,190

5.9% ±2.7% (130  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Brewer: 8.9% † 674 (±3% / ±234)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Penobscot County: 7.7% 9,808 (±0.6% / ±699)
130 Total veterans ±61 99 Male ±53 31 Female ±29

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