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Van Buren, ME

1,634 Population
4.3 square miles 378 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.4 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Aroostook County: 48.3 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,850 ±$9,666 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Aroostook County: $34,879 ±$1,464
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,851 ±$4,356 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Aroostook County: $56,700 ±$1,809
  • about half the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.2% ±4.8% (366  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Aroostook County: 14.4% 9,399 (±1.3% / ±813)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.2 minutes ±2.3 (6,805  ±1,937) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Aroostook County: 18.3 476,875 (±0.5 / ±20,047)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

770 ±98 Number of households
  • Aroostook County: 29,932 ±483
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (1,499  ±209) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Aroostook County: 2.2 65,192 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.8% ±11.4% (28  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Aroostook County: 4.3% † 529 (±0.9% / ±105)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,063 ±109 Number of housing units
  • Aroostook County: 38,450 ±135
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$97,900 ±$29,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Aroostook County: $149,700 ±$6,059
  • about one-third of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.8% ±3.1% (108  ±51.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Aroostook County: 9.9% † 6,609 (±1% / ±673.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.9% ±8% (1,079  ±177.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Aroostook County: 91.1% 45,633 (±2.4% / ±1,206.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.3% ±3.8% (132  ±51.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Aroostook County: 23.4% 11,738 (±1.4% / ±680.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

12.2% ±6.4% (200  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Aroostook County: 4.1% 2,756
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.9% ±4% (162  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Aroostook County: 10% 5,478 (±0.7% / ±398)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
162 Total veterans ±59 141 Male ±58 21 Female ±13

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