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Census Tract 280, Penobscot, ME

1,462 Population
27.7 square miles 52.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±5.4 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

$32,178 ±$3,701 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $37,915 ±$990
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
$62,667 ±$6,678 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Penobscot County: $66,356 ±$1,898
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795

6.8% ±3.4% (100  ±51) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Penobscot County: 14.1% 20,788 (±1% / ±1,474)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)

27.3 minutes ±3.9 (15,225  ±4,153) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Penobscot County: 22.7 1,482,740 (±0.5 / ±48,889)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

656 ±94 Number of households
  • Penobscot County: 65,221 ±625
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
2.2 ±0.4 (1,462  ±182) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Penobscot County: 2.3 147,368 (±0 / ±93)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076

11.3% ±11.7% (28  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Penobscot County: 5.8% † 2,017 (±1.2% / ±412)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)

Housing

922 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Penobscot County: 75,683 ±107
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671

$178,100 ±$22,137 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Penobscot County: $214,100 ±$4,463
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876

6.2% ±4.4% (88  ±63.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Penobscot County: 12.4% 18,951 (±1% / ±1,508.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)

Social

95.7% ±19.5% (1,087  ±155.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Penobscot County: 94.8% 105,698 (±2% / ±2,277)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
24% ±5.2% (273  ±70.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Penobscot County: 30.1% 33,620 (±1.2% / ±1,315.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)

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

2.8% ±2.2% (41  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Penobscot County: 3.4% 5,190
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448

10.8% ±7% (127  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Penobscot County: 7.7% 9,808 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
127 Total veterans ±84 127 Male ±84 N/A Female ±11

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