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Waterville, ME

16,704 Population
13.5 square miles 1,234.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 44 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,156 ±$2,838 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: $37,344 ±$978
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$47,489 ±$5,764 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: $65,062 ±$2,268
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

25.4% ±5.6% (3,594  ±789) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 12.3% 14,969 (±1.2% / ±1,462)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

16.7 minutes ±1.3 (103,395  ±14,208) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 23.8 1,226,600 (±0.7 / ±51,227)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

6,603 ±455 Number of households
  • the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 53,936 ±598
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.1 ±0.2 (14,067  ±52) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 2.3 121,425 (±0 / ±62)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

6.2% ±3.1% (269  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 5% † 1,350 (±1.1% / ±300)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

7,036 ±449 Number of housing units
  • the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 63,140 ±83
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$173,700 ±$20,400 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: $219,900 ±$4,083
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

26.3% ±6.1% (4,327  ±1,007.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 12.5% † 15,497 (±1.4% / ±1,727.5)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

91.3% ±6.5% (9,094  ±788) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 94.8% 86,089 (±2.2% / ±2,005.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
32.2% ±4.8% (3,204  ±503.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 30.9% 28,043 (±1.3% / ±1,221.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

4% ±1.4% (670  ±233) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 2.4% 3,034
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

4.9% ±1.5% (670  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area: 9.8% 9,952 (±0.7% / ±708)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
670 Total veterans ±201 605 Male ±207 65 Female ±53

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