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Sanford, ME

21,986 Population
47.8 square miles 460.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 43.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,090 ±$2,619 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $47,110 ±$716
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $39,718 ±$394
$71,848 ±$4,076 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $84,095 ±$1,263
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $68,251 ±$611

11.1% ±2.9% (2,396  ±626) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.8% 41,976 (±0.5% / ±2,453)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 10.9% 145,491 (±0.3% / ±4,297)

27.5 minutes ±0.9 (274,545  ±20,606) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 25 6,265,795 (±0.4 / ±127,840)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,349,275 (±0.2 / ±177,381)

Families

9,019 ±390 Number of households
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 233,648 ±1,337
  • Maine: 580,172 ±2,103
2.4 ±0.1 (21,614  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 2.3 540,718 (±0 / ±91)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,330,035

6.2% ±2.9% (324  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 4.3% † 5,201 (±0.4% / ±535)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 5% 14,531 (±0.3% / ±875)

Housing

9,658 ±414 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 281,528 ±218
  • Maine: 741,803 ±273

$238,000 ±$10,206 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $344,900 ±$3,644
  • a little less than the amount in Maine: $244,800 ±$1,967

14.2% ±2.9% (3,093  ±,628.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 11.7% 64,337 (±0.5% / ±2,821.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 11.9% 161,288 (±0.3% / ±4,368.7)

Social

91.1% ±4.6% (14,327  ±,841.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 95.5% 390,085 (±1.2% / ±4,863.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.1% 946,201 (±0.7% / ±7,039.3)
22.3% ±3% (3,505  ±,477.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 43.1% 175,824 (±0.8% / ±3,190.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 34.1% 343,262 (±0.4% / ±4,318.4)

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

3.1% ±1.2% (672  ±257) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 5.1% 27,988
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.8% 51,907

9.9% ±1.6% (1,661  ±275) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 8.2% 37,046 (±0.3% / ±1,314)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 9% 100,610 (±0.2% / ±2,070)
1,661 Total veterans ±275 1,484 Male ±254 177 Female ±79

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