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South Portland, ME

26,780 Population
12 square miles 2,223.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$49,719 ±$2,667 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $49,902 ±$740
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$84,563 ±$8,611 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% ±1.4% (1,564  ±367) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 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)

17.9 minutes ±1.1 (241,505  ±20,226) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 24.9 6,110,790 (±0.4 / ±120,421)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

12,148 ±502 Number of households
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 236,428 ±1,326
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.2 ±0.1 (26,135  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 2.3 544,652 (±0 / ±99)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

4.3% ±2.2% (273  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 4.3% † 5,288 (±0.5% / ±630)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

12,738 ±534 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 284,481 ±162
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$405,800 ±$16,825 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $379,500 ±$4,241
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

11.4% ±1.8% (3,022  ±479.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 10.8% 59,550 (±0.5% / ±2,669.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

95.4% ±3.9% (18,761  ±974.5) 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)
49.3% ±3.1% (9,690  ±685.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 44.6% 184,405 (±0.8% / ±3,215.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

9% ±2.1% (2,413  ±563) Foreign-born population
  • more than 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

5.8% ±1.3% (1,308  ±287) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.8% 35,621 (±0.4% / ±1,664)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
1,308 Total veterans ±287 1,205 Male ±277 103 Female ±54

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