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Bowdoinham, ME

768 Population
3.6 square miles 216 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.6 ±19.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,354 ±$12,378 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $49,902 ±$740
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
N/A Median household income

24% ±30.7% (184  ±247) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.6% 41,470 (±0.4% / ±2,133)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

28.3 minutes ±24.6 (5,655  ±3,395) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 24.9 6,110,790 (±0.4 / ±120,421)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

294 ±119 Number of households
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 236,428 ±1,326
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.6 ±1.5 (764  ±301) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 2.3 544,652 (±0 / ±99)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

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

Housing

339 ±118 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 284,481 ±162
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$352,900 ±$65,219 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $379,500 ±$4,241
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

3.3% ±5.4% (25  ±42.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 10.8% 59,550 (±0.5% / ±2,669.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

100% ±53.6% (427  ±161.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 95.8% 396,496 (±1.2% / ±4,900.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
51.5% ±14.5% (220  ±104) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 44.6% 184,405 (±0.8% / ±3,215.3)
  • about 1.5 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

4.5% ±7.1% (19  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.8% 35,621 (±0.4% / ±1,664)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
19 Total veterans ±31 19 Male ±31 N/A Female ±11

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