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Census Tract 61, Penobscot, ME

4,038 Population
2.1 square miles 1,927.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Orono: 21.6 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in Penobscot County: 42.5 ±0.3

Economics

$27,079 ±$3,634 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Orono: $25,481 ±$2,413
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Penobscot County: $37,915 ±$990
$56,542 ±$5,283 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Orono: $59,784 ±$4,576
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $66,356 ±$1,898

41.1% ±6.3% (1,650  ±286) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Orono: 27% † 1,923 (±4% / ±291)
  • more than double the rate in Penobscot County: 14.1% 20,788 (±1% / ±1,474)

16 minutes ±2.9 (35,480  ±7,809) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Orono: 15.3 † 75,985 (±1.5 / ±10,092)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Penobscot County: 22.7 1,482,740 (±0.5 / ±48,889)

Families

1,497 ±142 Number of households
  • Orono: 2,930 ±182
  • Penobscot County: 65,221 ±625
2.7 ±0.3 (4,019  ±325) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Orono: 2.4 7,106 (±0.2 / ±251)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Penobscot County: 2.3 147,368 (±0 / ±93)

1.5% ±2.4% (20  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Orono: 1.4% † 58 (±1.2% / ±53)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Penobscot County: 5.8% † 2,017 (±1.2% / ±412)

Housing

1,690 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Orono: 3,162 ±199
  • Penobscot County: 75,683 ±107

$193,700 ±$34,724 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Orono: $262,900 † ±$38,732
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $214,100 ±$4,463

26% ±6% (1,046  ±256.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Orono: 33% † 3,660 (±4.2% / ±466.7)
  • more than double the rate in Penobscot County: 12.4% 18,951 (±1% / ±1,508.6)

Social

100% ±27.6% (1,395  ±264.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Orono: 98.9% 3,750 (±6.3% / ±394)
  • a little higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 94.8% 105,698 (±2% / ±2,277)
62.6% ±9.2% (873  ±217.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Orono: 69.8% 2,645 (±6.8% / ±338.6)
  • more than double 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

1.7% ±1.6% (67  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Orono: 5.7% † 637 (±1.9% / ±217)
  • about half the rate in Penobscot County: 3.4% 5,190

2.7% ±1.7% (103  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Orono: 2.5% † 257 (±0.9% / ±97)
  • about one-third of the rate in Penobscot County: 7.7% 9,808 (±0.6% / ±699)
103 Total veterans ±64 103 Male ±64 N/A Female ±11

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