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Androscoggin County

Population in July 2007: 2,520.
Males: 1,209  (48.0%)
Females: 1,311  (52.0%)
Median resident age:  35.1 years
Maine median age:  38.6 years

Zip codes: 04256.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $43,825 (it was $33,807 in 2000)
Mechanic Falls:  $43,825
Maine:  $45,888

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $131,509 (it was $76,100 in 2000)
Mechanic Falls:  $131,509
Maine:  $176,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $138,159; Detached houses: $157,677; In 2-unit structures: $190,351; In 3 to 4-unit structures: $175,685; Mobile homes: $38,140
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Races in Mechanic Falls:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.8%)
  • American Indian (1.2%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)
  • Black (0.6%)
  • Hispanic (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Mechanic Falls: 87.0 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: English (24.5%), French (15.6%), Irish (13.6%), United States (10.5%), French Canadian (9.4%), Scottish (6.8%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 03/22/1893

Elevation: 304 feet

Land area: 5.43 square miles.

Population density: 464 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Mechanic Falls

  • High school or higher: 83.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.6%
  • Unemployed: 5.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Mechanic Falls CDP

  • Never married: 24.3%
  • Now married: 55.9%
  • Separated: 1.0%
  • Widowed: 8.4%
  • Divorced: 10.4%

22 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.9%
Maine:  2.9%



According to our research there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Mechanic Falls, Maine in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Mechanic Falls to the number of sex offenders is 360 to 1.

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

Mechanic Falls:  1.8% ($1,387)
Maine:  1.5% ($1,417)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Portland, ME (31.9 miles , pop. 64,249).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (132.7 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (329.0 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Poland, ME (4.2 miles ), Minot, ME (4.5 miles ), Oxford, ME (7.1 miles ), Hebron, ME (7.5 miles ), Auburn, ME (10.3 miles ), Otisfield, ME (10.5 miles ), South Paris, ME (11.5 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 1 building, cost: $30,000
  • 1997: 1 building, cost: $30,000
  • 1998: 24 buildings, average cost: $43,700
  • 1999: 2 buildings, average cost: $115,000
  • 2000: 6 buildings, average cost: $71,700
  • 2001: 7 buildings, average cost: $128,300
  • 2002: 5 buildings, average cost: $107,500
  • 2003: 14 buildings, average cost: $105,600
  • 2004: 16 buildings, average cost: $139,700
  • 2005: 16 buildings, average cost: $153,700
  • 2006: 9 buildings, average cost: $197,700
  • 2007: 15 buildings, average cost: $132,300

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Latitude: 44.11 N, Longitude: 70.39 W

Area code: 207

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Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (9%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
  • Beverage and tobacco products (6%)
  • Repair and maintenance (6%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (5%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (14%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Leather and allied products (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Social assistance (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)



 

Crime in Mechanic Falls by Year
Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 021200
    per 100,000 0.062.831.462.30.00.0
Robberies 000101
    per 100,000 0.00.00.031.10.030.9
Assaults 131002
    per 100,000 31.694.231.40.00.061.8
Burglaries 115710811
    per 100,000 347.3156.9219.9311.4248.3339.7
Thefts 63152382928
    per 100,000 189.5973.01633.71183.4900.1864.7
Auto thefts 300001
    per 100,000 94.70.00.00.00.030.9
Arson 000010
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.031.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 45.8119.0112.2128.353.482.5

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 5 (5 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.98
US city average:  3.00

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Mechanic Falls-area historical tornado activity is above Maine state average. It is 77% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/31/1971, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 23.5 miles away from the Mechanic Falls place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 7/31/1971, a category 2 tornado 28.6 miles away from the place center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Mechanic Falls:
  • MID COAST HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; BRUNSWICK, ME)
  • PARKVIEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; BRUNSWICK, ME)
  • CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles; LEWISTON, ME)

Political contributions by individuals in Mechanic Falls, ME

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Mechanic Falls:
  • PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (about 34 miles; PORTLAND, ME; ID: PWM)
  • BRUNSWICK NAS (about 36 miles; BRUNSWICK, ME; ID: NHZ)
  • PEASE INTERNATIONAL TRADEPORT (about 78 miles; PORTSMOUTH, NH; ID: PSM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mechanic Falls:
  • OXFORD COUNTY REGIONAL (about 6 miles; OXFORD, ME; ID: 81B)
  • AUBURN/LEWISTON MUNI (about 10 miles; AUBURN/LEWISTON, ME; ID: LEW)
  • TWITCHELL (about 13 miles; TURNER, ME; ID: 3B5)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mechanic Falls:
  • SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE (about 27 miles; STANDISH, ME; Full-time enrollment: 2,376)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE (about 30 miles; PORTLAND, ME; FT enrollment: 7,381)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON (about 42 miles; FARMINGTON, ME; FT enrollment: 2,229)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (about 44 miles; BIDDEFORD, ME; FT enrollment: 2,251)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT AUGUSTA (about 44 miles; AUGUSTA, ME; FT enrollment: 3,172)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-MAIN CAMPUS (about 77 miles; DURHAM, NH; FT enrollment: 12,586)
  • PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE (about 91 miles; PLYMOUTH, NH; FT enrollment: 3,542)
Public elementary/middle school in Mechanic Falls:
Library in Mechanic Falls:
  • MECHANIC FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $16,421; Location: 15 ELM STREET; 16,000 books; 51 audio materials; 293 video materials)

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Notable location: Mechanic Falls Public Library (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Mechanic Falls include: Advent Church (A), First Congregational Church (B), Church of the Nazarene (C), Pleasant Street Baptist Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Maple Grove Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Reservoir: Little Androscoggin River Reservoir (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bog Brook (A), Waterhouse Brook (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

 
Drinking water stations with addresses in Mechanic Falls that have no violations reported:
  • MECHANIC FALLS WATER DEPT (Population served: 1750, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Maine:  2.4 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  70.8%
Whole state:  65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  7.9%
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: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  15.8%
Whole state:  10.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  6.4%
Whole state:  4.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Mechanic Falls, ME


People in group quarters in Mechanic Falls
  • 14 people in nursing homes
  • 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters


Mechanic Falls compared to Maine state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below 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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Banks with branches in Mechanic Falls (2007 data):
  • Northeast Bank: Mechanic Falls Branch at 32 Pleasant Street, branch established on 1994-10-31. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $556.7 mil, Deposits: $373.1 mil, headquarters in Lewiston, ME, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 12 total offices, Holding Company: Northeast Bancorp
  • TD BankNorth, National Association: Mechanic Falls Branch at 98 Lewiston Street, branch established on 1985-11-14. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $39,581.7 mil, Deposits: $27,193.6 mil, headquarters in Portland, ME, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 618 total offices, Holding Company: Toronto-Dominion Bank, The



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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (84%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
  • Wood (6%)
  • Electricity (3%)

6.48% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,429 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.48%
Maine average:  6.39%

0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($225 average AGI)
Androscoggin County:  0.12%
Maine average:  0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Cumberland County, ME  1.85% ($37,820 average AGI)
from Oxford County, ME  0.62% ($27,864)
from Kennebec County, ME  0.58% ($29,339)


6.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,966 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.52%
Maine average:  6.44%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($338 average AGI)
Androscoggin County:  0.08%
Maine average:  0.07%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Cumberland County, ME  1.30% ($36,730 average AGI)
to Kennebec County, ME  0.74% ($32,593)
to Oxford County, ME  0.64% ($32,779)


Strongest AM radio stations in Mechanic Falls:
  • WLAM (1470 AM; 5 kW; LEWISTON, ME; Owner: RADIO PARTNERS OF MAINE, L.P.)
  • 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.)
  • WGAN (560 AM; 5 kW; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
  • WCNM (1240 AM; 1 kW; LEWISTON, ME; Owner: CHRISTIAN FAMILY RADIO, INC.)
  • WKTQ (1450 AM; 1 kW; SOUTH PARIS, ME; Owner: PENNESSEEWASSEE BROADCASTING CO INC.)
  • WLOB (1310 AM; 5 kW; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: ATLANTIC COAST RADIO, LLC)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WZAN (970 AM; 5 kW; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
  • WJAE (1440 AM; 5 kW; WESTBROOK, ME; Owner: ALTANTIC COAST RADIO, 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)

Strongest FM radio stations in Mechanic Falls:
  • WBLM (102.9 FM; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WTHT (107.5 FM; LEWISTON, ME; Owner: RADIO PARTNERS OF MAINE, L.P.)
  • WMEA (90.1 FM; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WMEK-FM (99.9 FM; AUBURN, ME; Owner: RADIO PARTNERS OF MAINE, L.P.)
  • WJBQ (97.9 FM; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WPKQ (103.7 FM; NORTH CONWAY, NH; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WHOM (94.9 FM; MT. WASHINGTON, NH; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WMTW-FM (106.7 FM; NORTH WINDHAM, ME; Owner: RADIO PARTNERS OF MAINE, L.P.)
  • WLOB-FM (96.3 FM; RUMFORD, ME; Owner: ATLANTIC COAST RADIO, LLC)
  • WOXO-FM (92.7 FM; NORWAY, ME; Owner: TRI-COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTBM (100.7 FM; MEXICO, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTOS-FM (105.1 FM; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPOR (101.9 FM; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
  • WCYI (93.9 FM; LEWISTON, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WMSJ (89.3 FM; FREEPORT, ME; Owner: DOWNEAST CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WJJB-FM (95.5 FM; TOPSHAM, ME; Owner: ATLANTIC COAST RADIO, LLC)
  • WCLZ (98.9 FM; BRUNSWICK, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Mechanic Falls:
  • 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.)
  • WPXT (Channel 51; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: HMW, INC.)
  • WPME (Channel 35; LEWISTON, ME; Owner: KB PRIME MEDIA LLC)
  • W32CA (Channel 32; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
  • WPFO (Channel 23; WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: CMCG PORTLAND LICENSE LLC)
  • WMEA-TV (Channel 26; BIDDEFORD, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WCBB (Channel 10; AUGUSTA, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP.)


Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2007 (per 100,000 population)
Mechanic Falls, Maine:
  • Fatal accident count: 13
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 16
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
  • Fatalities: 14
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 33
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
Maine average:
  • Fatal accident count: 49
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 70
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 19
  • Fatalities: 55
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 120
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 3

See more detailed statistics of Mechanic Falls fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here

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