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Belfast, ME

6,953 Population
34.1 square miles 204.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.3 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Waldo County: 47 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$41,501 ±$7,953 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Waldo County: $35,677 ±$1,722
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $39,718 ±$394
$53,925 ±$9,021 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waldo County: $62,694 ±$5,027
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $68,251 ±$611

20% ±6.3% (1,358  ±431) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Waldo County: 12.9% † 5,035 (±1.6% / ±627)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 10.9% 145,491 (±0.3% / ±4,297)

17.7 minutes ±5 (36,985  ±12,752) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Waldo County: 25.7 403,210 (±0.7 / ±22,011)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,349,275 (±0.2 / ±177,381)

Families

3,355 ±221 Number of households
  • Waldo County: 17,263 ±312
  • Maine: 580,172 ±2,103
2 ±0.1 (6,792  ±83) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waldo County: 2.3 39,124 (±0 / ±90)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,330,035

6.3% ±7.8% (63  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Waldo County: 5.2% † 406 (±1.7% / ±137)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 5% 14,531 (±0.3% / ±875)

Housing

4,095 ±236 Number of housing units
  • Waldo County: 22,012 ±67
  • Maine: 741,803 ±273

$240,700 ±$31,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Waldo County: $210,600 ±$9,349
  • about the same as the amount in Maine: $244,800 ±$1,967

7.6% ±3.3% (523  ±,226.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Waldo County: 10% † 3,919 (±1.3% / ±505)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 11.9% 161,288 (±0.3% / ±4,368.7)

Social

93.8% ±10.9% (5,315  ±,664.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waldo County: 93.2% 27,659 (±3.3% / ±,973.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.1% 946,201 (±0.7% / ±7,039.3)
44.9% ±6.7% (2,544  ±,396.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Waldo County: 33.3% 9,876 (±1.9% / ±549)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 34.1% 343,262 (±0.4% / ±4,318.4)

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

5.2% ±3% (359  ±210) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Waldo County: 2.2% 871
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 3.8% 51,907

4.8% ±2% (281  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Waldo County: 7.8% 2,524 (±0.7% / ±227)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 9% 100,610 (±0.2% / ±2,070)
281 Total veterans ±120 212 Male ±102 69 Female ±66

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