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Mechanic Falls, ME

1,991 Population
5.3 square miles 372.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±4.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,412 ±$6,233 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: $36,085 ±$1,075
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,384 ±$19,122 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: $67,873 ±$1,991
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13% ±9.7% (236  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: 14.4% 15,686 (±1.3% / ±1,368)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±5.4 (21,455  ±8,497) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: 24.4 1,160,465 (±0.6 / ±43,016)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

823 ±184 Number of households
  • the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: 46,953 ±497
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (1,941  ±496) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: 2.3 109,233 (±0 / ±61)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

880 ±193 Number of housing units
  • the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: 50,471 ±59
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$244,300 ±$53,831 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: $252,800 ±$7,256
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11% ±6.5% (218  ±139.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: 10.8% 12,115 (±1.1% / ±1,181.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95% ±31.7% (1,352  ±313.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: 93.1% 73,426 (±2.5% / ±1,952.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.3% ±9.3% (217  ±142.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: 23.4% 18,415 (±1.3% / ±989.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.5% ±2.3% (30  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: 5.6% 6,351
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±3.9% (74  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area: 8.3% 7,472 (±0.7% / ±581)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
74 Total veterans ±62 74 Male ±62 N/A Female ±11

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