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Census Tract 72, Penobscot, ME

2,514 Population
33.2 square miles 75.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Old Town: 37 ±1.5
  • about the same as the figure in Penobscot County: 42.5 ±0.3

Economics

$42,331 ±$7,277 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Old Town: $32,781 † ±$4,172
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Penobscot County: $37,915 ±$990
$57,639 ±$16,859 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Old Town: $51,585 † ±$9,734
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $66,356 ±$1,898

16.6% ±6.7% (418  ±184) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Old Town: 21.3% † 1,577 (±8% / ±593)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 14.1% 20,788 (±1% / ±1,474)

19.5 minutes ±1.1 (21,735  ±7,114) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Old Town: 20.2 † 60,375 (±6.2 / ±13,005)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Penobscot County: 22.7 1,482,740 (±0.5 / ±48,889)

Families

1,210 ±227 Number of households
  • Old Town: 3,192 ±265
  • Penobscot County: 65,221 ±625
2.1 ±0.5 (2,512  ±433) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Old Town: 2.3 7,464 (±0.2 / ±24)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Penobscot County: 2.3 147,368 (±0 / ±93)

4.4% ±4.7% (26  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Old Town: 16.8% † 335 (±11.5% / ±233)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Penobscot County: 5.8% † 2,017 (±1.2% / ±412)

Housing

1,373 ±247 Number of housing units
  • Old Town: 3,676 † ±374
  • Penobscot County: 75,683 ±107

$262,300 ±$27,791 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Old Town: $208,100 † ±$25,947
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Penobscot County: $214,100 ±$4,463

11.3% ±5.2% (279  ±137.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Old Town: 10.6% † 769 (±3.6% / ±260.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Penobscot County: 12.4% 18,951 (±1% / ±1,508.6)

Social

98.4% ±24.2% (1,867  ±314.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Old Town: 98.7% † 5,090 (±10% / ±627.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 94.8% 105,698 (±2% / ±2,277)
39.1% ±9% (742  ±216.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Old Town: 36.8% † 1,896 (±8% / ±432.6)
  • about 1.3 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

9.4% ±7.6% (236  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Old Town: 3.2% † 236 (±2.6% / ±196)
  • more than double the rate in Penobscot County: 3.4% 5,190

8.8% ±5.1% (187  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Old Town: 10% † 584 (±3.3% / ±197)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 7.7% 9,808 (±0.6% / ±699)
187 Total veterans ±113 172 Male ±109 15 Female ±24

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