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Anson, ME

687 Population
1.3 square miles 530.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±14.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 46.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$31,776 ±$10,633 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Somerset County: $32,452 ±$2,088
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$52,083 ±$45,293 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $56,199 ±$2,187
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

20.7% ±11.4% (142  ±91) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Somerset County: 15.6% † 7,756 (±1.6% / ±808)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

28.5 minutes ±2.3 (7,955  ±4,015) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 27.6 550,530 (±1.3 / ±32,503)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

301 ±89 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 22,737 ±370
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.3 ±0.3 (679  ±222) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.2 50,048 (±0 / ±28)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

361 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 30,009 ±45
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$74,600 ±$6,492 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Somerset County: $155,200 ±$6,500
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

16.5% ±10.5% (113  ±81.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 13% † 6,522 (±1.9% / ±963.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

81.9% ±8.1% (384  ±122.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 92.9% 35,348 (±3.2% / ±1,200.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
7.3% ±7.3% (34  ±35.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Somerset County: 20.3% 7,732 (±1.5% / ±556.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.1% ±5.2% (33  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Somerset County: 11% 4,560 (±0.9% / ±365)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
33 Total veterans ±30 18 Male ±20 15 Female ±23

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