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Population (year 2000): 1,137
Males: 525  (46.2%)
Females: 612  (53.8%)

Oxford County

Median resident age:  41.1 years
Maine median age:  38.6 years

Zip codes: 04224.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $38,200 (it was $36,629 in 2000)
Dixfield  $38,200
Maine:  $42,801

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $85,200 (it was $71,800 in 2000)
Dixfield  $85,200
Maine:  $155,300

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Races in Dixfield:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
  • American Indian (1.0%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)
  • Chinese (0.5%)

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Ancestries: French (26.3%), English (24.2%), United States (15.4%), French Canadian (11.0%), Irish (10.2%), Italian (6.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 06/21/1803

Elevation: 417 feet

Land area: 0.84 square miles.

Population density: 1353 people per square mile 
 
  (low).



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For population 25 years and over in Dixfield

  • High school or higher: 87.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
  • Unemployed: 4.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Dixfield CDP

  • Never married: 19.0%
  • Now married: 61.9%
  • Separated: 1.1%
  • Widowed: 10.8%
  • Divorced: 7.2%

18 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.6%
Maine:  2.9%



According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Dixfield, Maine in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Dixfield to the number of sex offenders is 1137 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this place is smaller than the state average.

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

Dixfield:  1.4% ($986)
Maine:  1.4% ($1,417)
Dixfield satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Portland, ME (61.6 miles , pop. 64,249).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (159.3 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (346.9 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Peru, ME (3.1 miles ), Carthage, ME (5.6 miles ), Mexico, ME (5.9 miles ), Rumford, ME (6.8 miles ), Canton, ME (11.6 miles ), Weld, ME (11.8 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 7 buildings, average cost: $36,400
  • 1997: 8 buildings, average cost: $64,300
  • 1998: 4 buildings, average cost: $55,000
  • 1999: 4 buildings, average cost: $68,800
  • 2000: 5 buildings, average cost: $66,200
  • 2001: 6 buildings, average cost: $100,800
  • 2002: 1 building, cost: $110,000
  • 2003: 3 buildings, average cost: $136,700
  • 2004: 8 buildings, average cost: $87,400
  • 2005: 21 buildings, average cost: $110,000
  • 2006: 12 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 2007: 8 buildings, average cost: $126,800

Number of permits per 10,000 residents
Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 44.54 N, Longitude: 70.45 W


2 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Area code: 207



Most common industries for males:
  • Paper (17%)
  • Construction (17%)
  • Wood products (14%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
  • Public administration (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (23%)
  • Educational services (20%)
  • Paper (8%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Personal and laundry services (6%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Electricians (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Carpenters (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Personal appearance workers (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
  • Child care workers (4%)


Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 4 (4 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  3.52
US city average:  3.00

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Dixfield topographic map
Hospitals/medical centers near Dixfield:
  • RUMFORD HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; RUMFORD, ME)
  • RUMFORD HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; RUMFORD, ME)
  • STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; NORWAY, ME)

Political contributions by individuals in Dixfield, ME

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Dixfield:
  • BRUNSWICK NAS (about 58 miles; BRUNSWICK, ME; ID: NHZ)
  • PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (about 63 miles; PORTLAND, ME; ID: PWM)
  • PEASE INTERNATIONAL TRADEPORT (about 105 miles; PORTSMOUTH, NH; ID: PSM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dixfield:
  • SWANS FLD (about 5 miles; DIXFIELD, ME; ID: 3S2)
  • BOWMAN FIELD (about 25 miles; LIVERMORE FALLS, ME; ID: B10)
  • BETHEL REGIONAL (about 26 miles; BETHEL, ME; ID: 0B1)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Dixfield:
  • UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON (about 24 miles; FARMINGTON, ME; Full-time enrollment: 2,229)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT AUGUSTA (about 47 miles; AUGUSTA, ME; FT enrollment: 3,172)
  • SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE (about 54 miles; STANDISH, ME; FT enrollment: 2,376)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE (about 60 miles; PORTLAND, ME; FT enrollment: 7,381)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (about 73 miles; BIDDEFORD, ME; FT enrollment: 2,251)
  • PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE (about 99 miles; PLYMOUTH, NH; FT enrollment: 3,542)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-MAIN CAMPUS (about 101 miles; DURHAM, NH; FT enrollment: 12,586)
Public high school in Dixfield:
  • DIRIGO HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 381; Location: 145 WELD STREET; Grades: 9th Grade - 12th Grade; Our rating: 11)
Public elementary/middle schools in Dixfield:
Private elementary/middle school in Dixfield:
  • DIXFIELD SDA SCHOOL (Students: 8; Location: 1 BLAYNE ST PO BOX 605; Grades: KG - 8)
Library in Dixfield:
  • DIXFIELD - LUDDEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating income: $78,161; Location: 40 MAIN STREET; 14,176 books; 228 audio materials; 534 video materials; 36 serial subscriptions)

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Notable locations in Dixfield: Dixfield Historical Society (A), Ludden Memorial Library (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Dixfield include: Seventh Day Adventist Church (A), Saint Josephs Roman Catholic Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

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

DIXFIELD WATER & SEWER DEPT. (Population served: 1485, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) - Between JUL-2004 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-23-2004)
  • OCCT Installation/Demonstration - Between JAN-01-1998 and AUG-05-2004, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Other (MAY-04-2000), St Formal NOV issued (DEC-12-2000), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (MAR-23-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-23-2004), St Compliance achieved (AUG-05-2004)
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In SEP-1997. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-02-1998), St Compliance achieved (JUL-06-2000)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-17-1997), St Compliance achieved (JUL-06-2000)
PERU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Population served: 181, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 3 regular monitoring violations
MDOT REST AREA - WEST PARIS (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This place:  2.3 people
Maine:  2.4 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  65.7%
Whole state:  65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  7.1%
Whole state:  7.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.6% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  10.5%
Whole state:  10.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  6.0%
Whole state:  4.1%

Dixfield compared to Maine state average:

Dixfield, Maine environmental map by EPA

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


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Banks with branches in Dixfield (2007 data):
  • Bangor Savings Bank: Dixfield Branch at 28 Main Street, branch established on 1968-08-05. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,002.0 mil, Deposits: $1,482.8 mil, headquarters in Bangor, ME, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 48 total offices



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Dixfield travel time to work
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2004 Presidential Election results in Oxford County Maine:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

6.14% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,652 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.14%
Maine average:  6.39%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($362 average AGI)
Oxford County:  0.09%
Maine average:  0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Androscoggin County, ME  1.24% ($32,779 average AGI)
from Cumberland County, ME  1.17% ($34,869)
from York County, ME  0.46% ($29,866)


6.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,647 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.09%
Maine average:  6.44%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($290 average AGI)
Oxford County:  0.05%
Maine average:  0.07%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Cumberland County, ME  1.34% ($29,839 average AGI)
to Androscoggin County, ME  1.20% ($27,864)
to York County, ME  0.33% ($27,118)


Strongest AM radio stations in Dixfield:
  • WTME (780 AM; 10 kW; RUMFORD, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WMTW (870 AM; 10 kW; GORHAM, ME; Owner: RADIO PARTNERS OF MAINE, L.P.)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WSKW (1160 AM; 10 kW; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN WIRELESS, INCORPORATED)
  • WLAM (1470 AM; 5 kW; LEWISTON, ME; Owner: RADIO PARTNERS OF MAINE, L.P.)
  • WGAN (560 AM; 5 kW; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
  • WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WFAU (1280 AM; 5 kW; GARDINER, ME; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WKTQ (1450 AM; 1 kW; SOUTH PARIS, ME; Owner: PENNESSEEWASSEE BROADCASTING CO INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Dixfield:
  • WLOB-FM (96.3 FM; RUMFORD, ME; Owner: ATLANTIC COAST RADIO, LLC)
  • WTBM (100.7 FM; MEXICO, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTOS-FM (105.1 FM; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPKQ (103.7 FM; NORTH CONWAY, NH; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WHOM (94.9 FM; MT. WASHINGTON, NH; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WMEA (90.1 FM; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WBLM (102.9 FM; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WKTJ-FM (99.3 FM; FARMINGTON, ME; Owner: FRANKLIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WTHT (107.5 FM; LEWISTON, ME; Owner: RADIO PARTNERS OF MAINE, L.P.)
  • WOXO-FM (92.7 FM; NORWAY, ME; Owner: TRI-COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Dixfield:
  • WGME-TV (Channel 13; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: WGME LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WMTW-TV (Channel 8; POLAND SPRING, ME; Owner: WMTW BROADCAST GROUP, LLC)
  • WCSH (Channel 6; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN COMPANY, INC.)
  • W21BI (Channel 21; FARMINGTON, ME; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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