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Orono, ME

11,151 Population
7.1 square miles 1,581 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 42.5 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$25,481 ±$2,413 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $37,915 ±$990
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
$59,784 ±$4,576 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $66,356 ±$1,898
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795

27% ±4% (1,923  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 14.1% 20,788 (±1% / ±1,474)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)

15.3 minutes ±1.5 (75,985  ±10,092) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 22.7 1,482,740 (±0.5 / ±48,889)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

2,930 ±182 Number of households
  • the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 65,221 ±625
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
2.4 ±0.2 (7,106  ±251) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 2.3 147,368 (±0 / ±93)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076

1.4% ±1.2% (58  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 5.8% † 2,017 (±1.2% / ±412)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)

Housing

3,162 ±199 Number of housing units
  • the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 75,683 ±107
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671

$262,900 ±$38,732 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: $214,100 ±$4,463
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876

33% ±4.2% (3,660  ±466.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 12.4% 18,951 (±1% / ±1,508.6)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)

Social

98.9% ±6.3% (3,750  ±394) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 94.8% 105,698 (±2% / ±2,277)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
69.8% ±6.8% (2,645  ±338.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 30.1% 33,620 (±1.2% / ±1,315.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)

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

5.7% ±1.9% (637  ±217) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 3.4% 5,190
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448

2.5% ±0.9% (257  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Bangor, ME Metro Area: 7.7% 9,808 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
257 Total veterans ±97 243 Male ±88 14 Female ±23

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