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South Portland, ME

26,930 Population
12 square miles 2,236 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 43.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$50,723 ±$2,253 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $52,055 ±$670
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
$86,838 ±$7,384 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $92,175 ±$1,533
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795

6.9% ±1.5% (1,828  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.7% 42,023 (±0.5% / ±2,631)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)

17.1 minutes ±0.6 (223,520  ±15,346) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 25.1 6,021,415 (±0.4 / ±120,275)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

12,152 ±464 Number of households
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 240,027 ±1,348
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
2.2 ±0.1 (26,284  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 2.3 549,303 (±0 / ±133)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076

5.1% ±2.5% (341  ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 4.1% † 5,058 (±0.5% / ±595)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)

Housing

12,782 ±466 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 287,616 ±123
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671

$441,200 ±$16,572 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $420,000 ±$4,614
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876

12.2% ±2.1% (3,259  ±548.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 10.4% 57,950 (±0.5% / ±2,609.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)

Social

95.9% ±4.3% (18,984  ±1,020.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 96.2% 402,912 (±1.1% / ±4,719.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
51.8% ±3.4% (10,245  ±732.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 45.9% 192,235 (±0.8% / ±3,182.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)

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

10.5% ±1.9% (2,819  ±519) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 5.4% 30,203
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448

5.4% ±1.2% (1,223  ±269) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.5% 34,653 (±0.3% / ±1,142)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
1,223 Total veterans ±269 1,110 Male ±270 113 Female ±60

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