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Bangor, ME

31,938 Population
34.3 square miles 932.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 42.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,557 ±$2,433 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $37,915 ±$990
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
$59,942 ±$7,028 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $66,356 ±$1,898
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795

17.9% ±2.3% (5,310  ±696) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 14.1% 20,788 (±1% / ±1,474)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)

16.6 minutes ±1.2 (232,240  ±20,783) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 22.7 1,482,740 (±0.5 / ±48,889)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

14,581 ±504 Number of households
  • the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 65,221 ±625
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
2 ±0.1 (29,509  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 2.3 147,368 (±0 / ±93)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076

4.8% ±2.1% (377  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 5.8% † 2,017 (±1.2% / ±412)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)

Housing

16,042 ±505 Number of housing units
  • the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 75,683 ±107
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671

$219,600 ±$10,305 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $214,100 ±$4,463
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876

17.9% ±3.1% (5,651  ±981.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 12.4% 18,951 (±1% / ±1,508.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)

Social

96% ±4.8% (22,241  ±1,231.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 94.8% 105,698 (±2% / ±2,277)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
35.1% ±3% (8,125  ±717.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 30.1% 33,620 (±1.2% / ±1,315.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)

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

6% ±1.3% (1,911  ±401) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 3.4% 5,190
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448

7.8% ±1.6% (2,059  ±417) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 7.7% 9,808 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
2,059 Total veterans ±417 1,873 Male ±414 186 Female ±88

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