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Portland, ME

69,104 Population
21.5 square miles 3,208.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cumberland County: 42.5 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.9 ±0.2

Economics

$55,571 ±$7,412 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cumberland County: $54,279 ±$2,590
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maine: $42,936 ±$819
$83,399 ±$7,279 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cumberland County: $98,369 ±$5,247
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $73,733 ±$1,699

8.7% ±2.6% (5,902  ±1,762) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cumberland County: 6.3% † 18,968 (±1.2% / ±3,687)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.4% 140,460 (±0.6% / ±8,588)

19.7 minutes ±0.9 (627,220  ±36,755) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cumberland County: 23.4 3,214,615 (±0.5 / ±83,076)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,349,275 (±0.2 / ±177,381)

Families

34,067 ±1,698 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 134,326 ±2,317
  • Maine: 616,085 ±5,376
2 ±0.1 (67,269  ±67) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cumberland County: 2.2 300,085 (±0 / ±120)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.2 † 1,354,209 (±,901.8 / ±-555,555,600)

5.5% ±2.8% (1,172  ±601) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 4.8% † 3,434 (±1.7% / ±1,241)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 4.3% † 12,708 (±0.6% / ±1,842)

Housing

38,117 ±1,942 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 155,247 ±68
  • Maine: 757,424 ±1,338

$494,400 ±$35,319 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $470,600 ±$11,660
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $310,700 ±$6,249

16.4% ±3.4% (11,166  ±2,342) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cumberland County: 10.7% † 32,931 (±1.2% / ±3,797.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.6% 147,375 (±0.7% / ±8,990.1)

Social

97.4% ±5.8% (50,975  ±3,673.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cumberland County: 97.2% 222,818 (±3.3% / ±7,541.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.9% 986,553 (±1.4% / ±14,190.1)
61.8% ±5% (32,367  ±2,904.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 55.6% 127,320 (±2.5% / ±5,659.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 37% 384,543 (±0.9% / ±9,019.1)

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

8.3% ±2.2% (5,731  ±1,515) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cumberland County: 5.8% † 17,946 (±10,359.2% / ±2,611)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 3.8% † 53,448 (±1,524.3% / ±3,987)

3.6% ±1.1% (2,105  ±666) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cumberland County: 5.2% † 13,257 (±0.6% / ±1,496)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 8% 91,492 (±0.4% / ±4,343)
2,105 Total veterans ±666 1,942 Male ±622 163 Female ±221

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