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Rockland, ME

6,991 Population
12.8 square miles 544.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Knox County: 49.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,043 ±$3,476 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Knox County: $42,729 ±$1,896
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$55,276 ±$5,282 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $71,903 ±$4,160
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

9.1% ±3.2% (613  ±215) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Knox County: 8.8% † 3,424 (±1.3% / ±524)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

12.5 minutes ±2 (36,735  ±7,716) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Knox County: 20.1 323,050 (±1.1 / ±22,301)
  • about half the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

3,386 ±253 Number of households
  • Knox County: 17,979 ±444
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2 ±0.2 (6,771  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Knox County: 2.2 39,097 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • 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

4,073 ±263 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 24,428 ±90
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$234,400 ±$22,499 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Knox County: $290,800 ±$11,598
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

14.9% ±4.9% (1,042  ±345) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Knox County: 9.6% † 3,880 (±1.4% / ±570)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

91% ±8.8% (4,914  ±523.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Knox County: 94.3% 29,620 (±3.2% / ±1,002.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
35.6% ±5.5% (1,923  ±307.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Knox County: 39.1% 12,283 (±2.1% / ±672)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

1.3% ±0.9% (91  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Knox County: 3% 1,212
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

8.7% ±2.6% (523  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Knox County: 8.6% † 2,911 (±0.9% / ±310)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
523 Total veterans ±156 473 Male ±144 50 Female ±42

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