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Saco, ME

20,636 Population
38.6 square miles 534.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$46,633 ±$3,246 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $49,902 ±$740
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$84,328 ±$7,324 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $88,602 ±$1,497
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

6.8% ±2.4% (1,385  ±481) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.6% 41,470 (±0.4% / ±2,133)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

24.7 minutes ±1.5 (240,300  ±22,583) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 24.9 6,110,790 (±0.4 / ±120,421)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

8,851 ±391 Number of households
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 236,428 ±1,326
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.3 ±0.1 (20,333  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 2.3 544,652 (±0 / ±99)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

4.7% ±2.4% (227  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 4.3% † 5,288 (±0.5% / ±630)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

9,619 ±392 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 284,481 ±162
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$370,300 ±$12,603 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $379,500 ±$4,241
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

10.8% ±2.5% (2,209  ±500.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 10.8% 59,550 (±0.5% / ±2,669.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

95.8% ±5.7% (14,896  ±949.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 95.8% 396,496 (±1.2% / ±4,900.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
40.5% ±3.6% (6,292  ±579.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 44.6% 184,405 (±0.8% / ±3,215.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

8.3% ±1.9% (1,720  ±401) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 5.2% 29,104
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

6.2% ±1.7% (1,067  ±283) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.8% 35,621 (±0.4% / ±1,664)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
1,067 Total veterans ±283 999 Male ±266 68 Female ±49

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