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Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area

556,893 Population
2,081.4 square miles 267.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 44.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$45,986 ±$1,737 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $38,483 ±$865
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$78,558 ±$3,248 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $64,767 ±$1,258
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

7.9% ±1.3% (42,940  ±6,982) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 11.5% 154,117 (±0.8% / ±11,184)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.8 minutes ±1.1 (5,467,980  ±278,101) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 24.2 13,167,475 (±0.7 / ±432,437)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

237,186 ±3,298 Number of households
  • Maine: 593,626 ±5,251
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.3 ±0 (545,681  ±1,701) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,337,078 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.5% ±1.1% (5,559  ±1,310) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 5.4% † 15,853 (±0.7% / ±1,996)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

284,005 ±958 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 744,620 ±973
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$356,800 ±$7,693 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maine: $252,100 ±$5,027
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

10.8% ±1% (59,541  ±5,668.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 11.6% 157,065 (±0.7% / ±9,082.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

96% ±2.4% (396,388  ±9,929.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 959,533 (±1.4% / ±14,577.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
45% ±1.5% (186,042  ±6,386.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 36% 365,305 (±0.9% / ±9,063.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

5.3% ±0.5% (29,298  ±2,757) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,068 (±0.3% / ±3,537)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

7.8% ±0.7% (35,571  ±3,105) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 8.8% 98,703 (±0.4% / ±4,645)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
35,571 Total veterans ±3,105 31,596 Male ±2,865 3,975 Female ±1,275

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