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Bucksport, ME

3,140 Population
11.4 square miles 275.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±21.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Hancock County: 49.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,583 ±$5,407 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hancock County: $41,576 ±$1,391
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$58,644 ±$13,376 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hancock County: $69,630 ±$2,902
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

13.9% ±13.3% (436  ±421) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hancock County: 10.2% † 5,591 (±1.3% / ±693)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

24 minutes ±3.5 (26,405  ±10,067) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Hancock County: 24.9 593,010 (±0.8 / ±27,035)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

1,479 ±290 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 24,992 ±571
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.1 ±0.5 (3,118  ±474) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hancock County: 2.2 54,475 (±0.1 / ±64)
  • 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

1,529 ±303 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 40,514 ±55
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$193,800 ±$105,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hancock County: $278,400 ±$8,117
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

20.5% ±11.5% (643  ±373.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hancock County: 11.4% † 6,364 (±1.5% / ±805.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

93.1% ±10.7% (2,083  ±445.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 95% 40,608 (±2.8% / ±1,196)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
22.4% ±8.7% (501  ±214.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hancock County: 39.2% 16,754 (±1.8% / ±751)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

0.9% ±1.6% (27  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hancock County: 3% 1,683
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

8.8% ±5% (221  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 8.3% 3,869 (±0.7% / ±330)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
221 Total veterans ±129 221 Male ±129 N/A Female ±11

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