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Brighton Plantation, ME

86 Population
39.3 square miles 2.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±50.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Somerset County: 46.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$22,557 ±$9,734 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Somerset County: $32,452 ±$2,088
  • about half the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$52,500 ±$21,689 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $56,199 ±$2,187
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

41.9% ±42.6% (36  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Somerset County: 15.6% † 7,756 (±1.6% / ±808)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

N/A

Families

28 ±19 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 22,737 ±370
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
3.1 ±1.6 (86  ±74) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Somerset County: 2.2 50,048 (±0 / ±28)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

87 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 30,009 ±45
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

16.3% ±31.8% (14  ±29.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 13% † 6,522 (±1.9% / ±963.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

79.6% ±63.8% (39  ±40.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 92.9% 35,348 (±3.2% / ±1,200.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
12.2% ±61.6% (6  ±30.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 20.3% 7,732 (±1.5% / ±556.4)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

14.3% ±5.3% (11  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Somerset County: 11% 4,560 (±0.9% / ±365)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
11 Total veterans ±10 11 Male ±10 N/A Female ±11

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