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Census Tract 62, Penobscot, ME

2,940 Population
14.7 square miles 199.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±8.6 Median age
  • more than double the figure in Orono: 21.6 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Penobscot County: 42.5 ±0.3

Economics

$57,922 ±$8,501 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Orono: $25,481 ±$2,413
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Penobscot County: $37,915 ±$990
$107,407 ±$18,684 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Orono: $59,784 ±$4,576
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Penobscot County: $66,356 ±$1,898

2.6% ±1.7% (72  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Orono: 27% † 1,923 (±4% / ±291)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Penobscot County: 14.1% 20,788 (±1% / ±1,474)

15.9 minutes ±2.9 (21,500  ±5,464) 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

1,236 ±152 Number of households
  • Orono: 2,930 ±182
  • Penobscot County: 65,221 ±625
2.2 ±0.4 (2,767  ±290) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Orono: 2.4 7,106 (±0.2 / ±251)
  • about the same as the figure in Penobscot County: 2.3 147,368 (±0 / ±93)

6.8% ±9.3% (31  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Orono: 1.4% † 58 (±1.2% / ±53)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 5.8% † 2,017 (±1.2% / ±412)

Housing

1,354 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Orono: 3,162 ±199
  • Penobscot County: 75,683 ±107

$317,800 ±$39,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Orono: $262,900 † ±$38,732
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Penobscot County: $214,100 ±$4,463

7.4% ±5.2% (216  ±153.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Orono: 33% † 3,660 (±4.2% / ±466.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Penobscot County: 12.4% 18,951 (±1% / ±1,508.6)

Social

99.4% ±9.3% (2,242  ±306) 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)
69% ±8.1% (1,556  ±239.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as 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

2.9% ±3.4% (85  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Orono: 5.7% † 637 (±1.9% / ±217)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Penobscot County: 3.4% 5,190

7.9% ±3.3% (191  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Orono: 2.5% † 257 (±0.9% / ±97)
  • about the same as the rate in Penobscot County: 7.7% 9,808 (±0.6% / ±699)
191 Total veterans ±82 164 Male ±75 27 Female ±30

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