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Calais, ME

3,087 Population
34.3 square miles 89.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington County: 48.6 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$31,240 ±$3,871 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Washington County: $32,459 ±$1,117
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$48,654 ±$12,506 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington County: $52,237 ±$2,024
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

22.2% ±6.6% (654  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 17.8% 5,396 (±1.4% / ±410)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

13.4 minutes ±2.9 (17,440  ±4,525) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Washington County: 21.6 241,080 (±1 / ±14,106)
  • about half the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

1,456 ±100 Number of households
  • Washington County: 13,989 ±241
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2 ±0.1 (2,919  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington County: 2.2 30,266 (±0 / ±34)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

6% ±5.1% (41  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington County: 6.6% † 388 (±1.4% / ±82)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

1,603 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 21,703 ±44
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$111,800 ±$47,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington County: $147,100 ±$7,277
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

20.6% ±8% (628  ±242.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington County: 12.3% † 3,819 (±1.3% / ±403.1)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

87.2% ±11.3% (1,979  ±276.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Washington County: 91.2% 21,144 (±2.5% / ±578.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
26.1% ±6.5% (592  ±151.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington County: 24.9% 5,778 (±1.4% / ±315.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

6.2% ±2.7% (190  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Washington County: 3.3% 1,019
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

12% ±3.4% (310  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 12.2% 3,104 (±0.6% / ±157)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
310 Total veterans ±88 267 Male ±75 43 Female ±42

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