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Waterville, ME Urban Area

27,017 Population
16.9 square miles 1,598.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,996 ±$2,142 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,386 ±$3,778 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.4% ±3.5% (4,434  ±843) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.1 minutes ±1.2 (200,405  ±20,649) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,165 ±553 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (24,108  ±764) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±2.4% (457  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,051 ±562 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$186,300 ±$15,039 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.5% ±3.4% (5,189  ±929.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±4.3% (16,129  ±991.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.5% ±2.8% (4,793  ±528.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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

3.6% ±1.1% (972  ±295) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.5% (1,564  ±327) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,564 Total veterans ±327 1,320 Male ±285 244 Female ±204

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