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Rockland, ME

6,986 Population
12.8 square miles 543.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Knox County: 49 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,507 ±$2,912 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $39,379 ±$1,581
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $39,718 ±$394
$52,212 ±$8,227 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $68,904 ±$4,075
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $68,251 ±$611

16.2% ±5.6% (1,082  ±377) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Knox County: 10% † 3,892 (±1.5% / ±592)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.9% 145,491 (±0.3% / ±4,297)

15.3 minutes ±2.4 (42,080  ±8,608) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Knox County: 20.2 333,430 (±1.3 / ±26,809)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,349,275 (±0.2 / ±177,381)

Families

3,371 ±248 Number of households
  • Knox County: 17,780 ±391
  • Maine: 580,172 ±2,103
2 ±0.2 (6,747  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Knox County: 2.2 39,047 (±0.1 / ±65)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,330,035

2.7% ±3.6% (44  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Knox County: 4.1% † 305 (±1.8% / ±130)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 5% 14,531 (±0.3% / ±875)

Housing

3,981 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 24,331 ±48
  • Maine: 741,803 ±273

$195,800 ±$10,865 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $260,800 ±$10,827
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $244,800 ±$1,967

15% ±5.3% (1,045  ±,368.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Knox County: 10.3% † 4,137 (±1.5% / ±,593.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 11.9% 161,288 (±0.3% / ±4,368.7)

Social

89.3% ±8.7% (4,722  ±,496.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Knox County: 93.7% 29,142 (±3.4% / ±1,045.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.1% 946,201 (±0.7% / ±7,039.3)
36.7% ±5.6% (1,942  ±,304.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Knox County: 37.9% 11,774 (±2.1% / ±,656.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 34.1% 343,262 (±0.4% / ±4,318.4)

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

2% ±1.1% (139  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Knox County: 3% 1,232
  • about half the rate in Maine: 3.8% 51,907

7.5% ±2.3% (432  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Knox County: 8.4% 2,821 (±0.7% / ±249)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 9% 100,610 (±0.2% / ±2,070)
432 Total veterans ±134 390 Male ±130 42 Female ±43

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