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Census Tract 215, Penobscot, ME

1,986 Population
153.4 square miles 12.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Penobscot County: 42.5 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,012 ±$4,421 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $37,915 ±$990
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
$65,417 ±$9,989 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Penobscot County: $66,356 ±$1,898
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795

17.5% ±3.5% (344  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Penobscot County: 14.1% 20,788 (±1% / ±1,474)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)

31.2 minutes ±1.6 (21,570  ±2,958) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Penobscot County: 22.7 1,482,740 (±0.5 / ±48,889)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

826 ±72 Number of households
  • Penobscot County: 65,221 ±625
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
2.4 ±0.2 (1,986  ±246) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Penobscot County: 2.3 147,368 (±0 / ±93)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076

9.4% ±5.7% (29  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Penobscot County: 5.8% † 2,017 (±1.2% / ±412)
  • about double the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)

Housing

942 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Penobscot County: 75,683 ±107
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671

$155,600 ±$13,468 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Penobscot County: $214,100 ±$4,463
  • about half the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876

2.9% ±1.8% (58  ±35.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Penobscot County: 12.4% 18,951 (±1% / ±1,508.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)

Social

88.7% ±2.4% (1,318  ±116.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Penobscot County: 94.8% 105,698 (±2% / ±2,277)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
17.8% ±3.4% (264  ±54.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Penobscot County: 30.1% 33,620 (±1.2% / ±1,315.7)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% ±1.2% (38  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Penobscot County: 3.4% 5,190
  • about half the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448

7.8% ±1.7% (123  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Penobscot County: 7.7% 9,808 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
123 Total veterans ±29 122 Male ±29 1 Female ±3

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