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Anson, ME

680 Population
1.3 square miles 524.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±15.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 47 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$76,366 ±$29,614 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Somerset County: $34,433 ±$2,221
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$87,770 ±$61,291 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Somerset County: $58,179 ±$3,012
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.7% ±3.3% (59  ±31) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 14.2% † 7,098 (±1.4% / ±713)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31 minutes ±9.2 (8,375  ±4,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 28 561,525 (±1.1 / ±30,085)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

280 ±84 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 23,209 ±328
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (673  ±245) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.2 50,158 (±0 / ±39)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

343 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 30,137 ±58
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$100,400 ±$27,801 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Somerset County: $166,900 ±$5,189
  • about one-third of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.7% ±8.7% (52  ±62.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Somerset County: 11.1% † 5,603 (±1.6% / ±782.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.6% ±36.3% (365  ±113.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 93.2% 35,723 (±2.9% / ±1,103.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
5.3% ±7.1% (24  ±33) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Somerset County: 21.1% 8,070 (±1.5% / ±574.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.7% ±7.3% (37  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Somerset County: 10.7% † 4,429 (±1.1% / ±444)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
37 Total veterans ±37 17 Male ±19 20 Female ±31

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