Brownville, Maine

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Population (year 2000): 1,259. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,303 (+3.5% change)

Males: 613	(48.7%)
Females: 646	(51.3%)

Piscataquis County

Median resident age:	42.9 years
Maine median age:	38.6 years

Zip codes: 04414.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $29,400 (it was $28,167 in 2000)

Brownville	$29,400
Maine:	$42,801

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $55,900 (it was $47,100 in 2000)

Brownville	$55,900
Maine:	$155,300

Brownville, ME residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Brownville:

White Non-Hispanic (97.5%)
American Indian (1.3%)
Hispanic (0.9%)
Two or more races (0.6%)

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Ancestries: English (31.9%), French (23.2%), Irish (15.0%), United States (8.5%), Scottish (7.9%), Welsh (7.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 02/03/1824

Elevation: 375 feet

Land area: 44.4 square miles.

Population density: 29 people per square mile

(very low).

For population 25 years and over in Brownville

High school or higher: 79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.7%
Unemployed: 8.2%
Mean travel time to work: 30.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Brownville town

Never married: 19.2%
Now married: 58.3%
Separated: 0.9%
Widowed: 11.7%
Divorced: 9.8%

49 residents are foreign born (3.1% North America, 0.8% Europe).

This town:	3.9%
Maine:	2.9%

According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Brownville, Maine in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Brownville to the number of sex offenders is 1278 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this town is smaller than the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Brownville:	1.5% ($689)
Maine:	1.4% ($1,417)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Portland, ME (143.8 miles , pop. 64,249).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (252.2 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (455.2 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Milo, ME (7.5 miles ), Sebec, ME (8.6 miles ), Atkinson, ME (13.1 miles ), Medford, ME (13.7 miles ), Bowerbank, ME (15.1 miles) , Dover-Foxcroft, ME (16.7 miles ), .

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 3 buildings, average cost: $45,000
1997: 2 buildings, average cost: $30,000
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 5 buildings, average cost: $53,000
2000: 1 building, cost: $118,000
2001: 0 buildings
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 6 buildings, average cost: $65,000
2004: 13 buildings, average cost: $138,800
2005: 21 buildings, average cost: $150,200
2006: 18 buildings, average cost: $150,200
2007: 14 buildings, average cost: $150,200

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 45.35 N, Longitude: 69.04 W

2 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms

Area code: 207

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Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	8.9%
Maine:	4.2%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries for males:

Construction (13%)
Paper (13%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
Wood products (7%)
Rail transportation (7%)
Textile mills and textile products (7%)
Leather and allied products (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (17%)
Educational services (15%)
Food and beverage stores (11%)
Leather and allied products (10%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Wood products (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)
Rail and water transportation workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Cashiers (7%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)

Crime in Brownville by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	1	0	0	1
per 100,000	0.0	78.2	0.0	0.0	77.8
Robberies	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	1	0	1	0	0
per 100,000	78.7	0.0	79.4	0.0	0.0
Burglaries	4	8	6	1	14
per 100,000	314.7	626.0	476.2	79.0	1088.6
Thefts	3	10	22	6	30
per 100,000	236.0	782.5	1746.0	473.9	2332.8
Auto thefts	3	2	4	0	0
per 100,000	236.0	156.5	317.5	0.0	0.0
Arson	1	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	78.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 200.4)	66.1	150.2	144.4	24.5	231.7

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 2 (2 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	1.56
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Brownville, Maine

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Hospitals/medical centers near Brownville:

MAYO REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; DOVER FOXCROFT, ME)
MILLINOCKET REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; MILLINOCKET, ME)
ACADIA HOSPITAL,THE (about 23 miles; BANGOR, ME)

Political contributions by individuals in Brownville, ME

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Brownville:

BANGOR INTL (about 41 miles; BANGOR, ME; ID: BGR)
NORTHERN MAINE REGIONAL ARPT AT PRESQUE IS (about 116 miles; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; ID: PQI)
BRUNSWICK NAS (about 119 miles; BRUNSWICK, ME; ID: NHZ)

Other public-use airports nearest to Brownville:

CHARLES A. CHASE JR. MEMORIAL FIELD (about 19 miles; DOVER/FOXCROFT, ME; ID: 44B)
BUCKHORN CAMPS (about 23 miles; NORCROSS/MILLINOCKET/, ME; ID: 78B)
DEXTER REGIONAL (about 28 miles; DEXTER, ME; ID: 1B0)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Brownville:

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE (about 37 miles; ORONO, ME; Full-time enrollment: 8,590)
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT AUGUSTA (about 87 miles; AUGUSTA, ME; FT enrollment: 3,172)
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON (about 90 miles; FARMINGTON, ME; FT enrollment: 2,229)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE (about 144 miles; PORTLAND, ME; FT enrollment: 7,381)
SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE (about 152 miles; STANDISH, ME; FT enrollment: 2,376)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (about 162 miles; BIDDEFORD, ME; FT enrollment: 2,251)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-MAIN CAMPUS (about 201 miles; DURHAM, NH; FT enrollment: 12,586)

Public elementary/middle school in Brownville:

BROWNVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 117; Location: 774 MAIN ROAD; Grades: Kindergarten - 6th Grade)

Library in Brownville:

BROWNVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $3,897; Location: CENTRAL SQUARE; 8,670 books; 22 audio materials; 9 serial subscriptions)

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Cemeteries: Pine Tree Cemetery (1), Village Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Jaquith Pond (A), Norton Pond (B), Abbee Pond (C), Tannery Pond (D), Pleasant River Reservoir (E), Orson Bog (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Whetstone Brook (A), Williams Brook (B), Jenks Brook (C), Middle Branch Pleasant River (D), Mill Brook (E), Sucker Brook (F), Mooresville Brook (G), West Branch Pleasant River (H), East Branch Pleasant River (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post offices: Brownville Post Office (A), Brownville Junction Post Office (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Hotel: Beech Ridge Camps (Schoodic Lake Road) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Brownville and their reported violations in the past:

BROWNVILLE JCT. WATER DEPT. (Population served: 615, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Acute (TCR) - In AUG-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-25-2000), St Compliance achieved (SEP-11-2000)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-1996 and NOV-1996, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-14-1996)

JONES MOBILE HOME PARK (Population served: 63, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

Drinking water stations with addresses in Brownville that have no violations reported:

BROWNVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 413, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:

This town:	2.3 people
Maine:	2.4 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	65.0%
Whole state:	65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.8%
Whole state:	7.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	13.6%
Whole state:	10.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	6.0%
Whole state:	4.1%

Brownville compared to Maine state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
House age above state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

6.76% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,722 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.76%
Maine average:	6.39%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Penobscot County, ME	1.61% ($26,069 average AGI)
from Somerset County, ME	0.48% ($19,400)
from York County, ME	0.41% ($42,000)

6.64% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,779 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.64%
Maine average:	6.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Penobscot County, ME	2.28% ($26,622 average AGI)
to Somerset County, ME	0.45% ($34,500)
to Cumberland County, ME	0.38% ($26,208)

Strongest AM radio stations in Brownville:

WZON (620 AM; 5 kW; BANGOR, ME; Owner: THE ZONE CORPORATION)
WABI (910 AM; 5 kW; BANGOR, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WSKW (1160 AM; 10 kW; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN WIRELESS, INCORPORATED)
WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WTME (780 AM; 10 kW; RUMFORD, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WSYY (1240 AM; 1 kW; MILLINOCKET, ME; Owner: KATAHDIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WDEA (1370 AM; 5 kW; ELLSWORTH, ME; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Brownville:

WQCB (106.5 FM; BREWER, ME; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WVOM (103.9 FM; HOWLAND, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WHCF (88.5 FM; BANGOR, ME; Owner: BANGOR BAPTIST CHURCH)
WDME-FM (103.1 FM; DOVER-FOXCROFT, ME; Owner: THE ZONE CORPORATION)
WWBX (97.1 FM; BANGOR, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WGUY (102.1 FM; DEXTER, ME; Owner: CONCORD MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WSYY-FM (94.9 FM; MILLINOCKET, ME; Owner: KATAHDIN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WBZN (107.3 FM; OLD TOWN, ME; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)

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