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Bethel, ME

546 Population
1.6 square miles 335.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±8.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oxford County: 48.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$45,875 ±$17,763 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Oxford County: $33,545 ±$1,121
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
N/A Median household income

17.2% ±14.4% (94  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oxford County: 14.2% † 8,187 (±1.8% / ±1,032)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

9.8 minutes ±8.7 (1,725  ±1,001) Mean travel time to work
  • about one-third of the figure in Oxford County: 28.8 668,045 (±0.9 / ±32,470)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

271 ±87 Number of households
  • Oxford County: 23,694 ±572
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2 ±0.9 (546  ±156) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oxford County: 2.4 57,915 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

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

Housing

518 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Oxford County: 36,558 ±71
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$357,100 ±$84,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Oxford County: $192,300 ±$5,811
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

47.8% ±20.6% (261  ±134.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Oxford County: 10.2% † 5,914 (±1.3% / ±756.6)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

98.2% ±38.4% (389  ±107.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Oxford County: 92.6% 41,368 (±2.7% / ±1,201.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
46.7% ±15.8% (185  ±80.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Oxford County: 22.5% 10,050 (±1.4% / ±613.3)
  • about 1.3 times 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

10% ±7.9% (43  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Oxford County: 9.5% 4,592 (±0.8% / ±383)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
43 Total veterans ±36 43 Male ±36 N/A Female ±11

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