Hancock County, Maine (ME)

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• • 52,25492.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,6432.9%Two or more races
  • 1,0321.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 5130.9%Asian alone
  • 4470.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3130.6%Some other race alone
  • 2150.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $396,802

Here:	$396,802
State:	$364,324

Townhouses or other attached units: $600,716

Here:	$600,716
State:	$496,775

In 2-unit structures: $274,479

Here:	$274,479
State:	$349,654

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $212,346

Here:	$212,346
State:	$366,418

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $146,369

Here:	$146,369
State:	$342,001

Mobile homes: $158,183

Here:	$158,183
State:	$142,980

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $16,454

Here:	$16,454
State:	$41,429

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 9
• Burglaries: 9
• Thefts: 78
• Auto thefts: 5

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 7
• Burglaries: 16
• Thefts: 84
• Auto thefts: 5

Health of residents in Hancock County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,350 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,293 (0.7%)

Area name: Hancock County, ME
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Hancock County is $546 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $636 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $895 a month.

Cities in this county include: Ellsworth, Bucksport, Bar Harbor, Blue Hill, Hancock, Orland, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Gouldsboro, Deer Isle.

2023 air pollution in Hancock County:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.173 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.037 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 9.0 µg/m³. Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 4.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Below U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.000 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Beadle County, South Dakota , Buffalo County, South Dakota , Dodge County, Minnesota , Hanson County, South Dakota , Lincoln County, Minnesota , Minnehaha County, South Dakota , Rice County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 2,559
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 36.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,686 (57.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4282010 or later
• 2812000 to 2009
• 2731990 to 1999
• 2021980 to 1989
• 1331970 to 1979
• 472Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 33,181
• One, attached: 529
• Two: 1,109
• 3 or 4: 1,219
• 5 to 9: 974
• 10 to 19: 247
• 20 to 49: 625
• 50 or more: 153
• Mobile homes: 2,625
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20

Housing units in Hancock County with a mortgage: 11,408 (1,668 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 1,541 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 570

Religion statistics for Hancock County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Hancock County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Maine Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4522-ME: April 4, 2020, FEMA Id: 4522, Natural disaster type: Other
• Maine Severe Storm And Flooding, Incident Period: October 29, 2017 - November 1, 2017, FEMA Id: 4354, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Maine Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 12, 2010 to April 01, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1920: July 01, 2010, FEMA Id: 1920, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Maine Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides, Incident Period: June 18, 2009 to July 08, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1852: July 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 1852, Natural disaster type: Storm, Landslide, Flood
• Maine Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2007 to April 23, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1693: April 25, 2007, FEMA Id: 1693, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Maine Flooding, Incident Period: March 16, 2007 to March 18, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1691: April 20, 2007, FEMA Id: 1691, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Maine Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3256: September 19, 2005, FEMA Id: 3256, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maine Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melts, and Ice Jams, Incident Period: March 29, 2005 to May 03, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1591: June 29, 2005, FEMA Id: 1591, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Snow
• Maine Snow, Incident Period: February 10, 2005 to February 11, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3206: March 14, 2005, FEMA Id: 3206, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Maine Snow, Incident Period: December 14, 2003 to December 15, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3194: January 26, 2004, FEMA Id: 3194, Natural disaster type: Snow
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.15% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($88,593 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.60% relocated from other counties in Maine ($23,307 average AGI)
4.55% relocated from other states ($65,286 average AGI)

Hancock County:	4.55%
Maine average:	3.89%

from Penobscot County, ME	0.98% ($70,476 average AGI)
from Cumberland County, ME	0.37% ($95,955)
from Washington County, ME	0.29% ($36,397)
from Waldo County, ME	0.23% ($61,855)
from Kennebec County, ME	0.19% ($45,467)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.11% ($136,481)
from Kings County, NY	0.11% ($220,080)

5.51% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($74,381 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.82% relocated to other counties in Maine ($26,246 average AGI)
2.69% relocated to other states ($48,135 average AGI)

Hancock County:	2.69%
Maine average:	2.63%

to Penobscot County, ME	1.14% ($48,875 average AGI)
to Cumberland County, ME	0.38% ($65,640)
to Waldo County, ME	0.33% ($46,701)
to Washington County, ME	0.24% ($49,316)
to Kennebec County, ME	0.14% ($35,333)
to Knox County, ME	0.09% ($35,810)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 3.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Hancock County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 11,529 (3,552 living alone), Female householders: 14,200 (4,804 living alone)

• 12,438 spouses (12,187 opposite-sex spouses), 2,443 unmarried partners, (2,409 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 11,364 children (10,575 natural, 269 adopted, 524 stepchildren), 696 grandchildren, 175 brothers or sisters, 226 parents, 51 foster children, 512 other relatives, 1,430 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,698

Size of family households: 8,955 2-persons, 3,091 3-persons, 1,841 4-persons, 772 5-persons, 243 6-persons, 70 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,368 1-person, 2,270 2-persons, 116 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 5 5-persons.

6,095 married couples with children.
2,124 single-parent households (698 men, 1,426 women).

97.7% of residents of Hancock speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $379,523,000 ($7,086 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $14,279,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $148,830,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $57,479,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $575,000
Federal grants: $132,671,000
Federal procurement contracts: $16,258,000 ($511,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $23,709,000 ($2,421,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,736,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $13,841,000
Federal Government insurance: $47,220,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.03 millions of gallons per day (16% from ground, 84% from surface)

• Year house built in Hancock County, Maine
• 1352020 or later
• 3,4482010 to 2019
• 6,7062000 to 2009
• 5,3031990 to 1999
• 5,6821980 to 1989
• 4,8241970 to 1979
• 2,7741960 to 1969
• 2,0741950 to 1959
• 1,2611940 to 1949
• 8,4261939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Hancock County, Maine

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Hancock County, Maine
• 1171 room
• 3392 rooms
• 9703 rooms
• 1,9324 rooms
• 4,6285 rooms
• 4,7996 rooms
• 2,9407 rooms
• 2,2838 rooms
• 2,4769+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hancock County, Maine
• 3751 room
• 5222 rooms
• 1,4103 rooms
• 1,2954 rooms
• 8145 rooms
• 3876 rooms
• 1857 rooms
• 1678 rooms
• 2129+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Hancock County, Maine

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Hancock County, Maine
• 141no bedroom
• 1,1571 bedroom
• 5,3202 bedrooms
• 9,6473 bedrooms
• 3,3934 bedrooms
• 7845+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hancock County, Maine
• 411no bedroom
• 1,6161 bedroom
• 1,9992 bedrooms
• 9583 bedrooms
• 2804 bedrooms
• 695+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Hancock County, Maine in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Hancock County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 379no vehicle
• 6,9771 vehicle
• 8,5132 vehicles
• 3,4353 vehicles
• 8844 vehicles
• 3095+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Hancock County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,045no vehicle
• 2,9461 vehicle
• 1,0872 vehicles
• 2023 vehicles
• 364 vehicles
• 145+ vehicles

90.6% of Hancock County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Maine.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 32,395
• Other state: 22,083
• Northeast: 13,523
• Midwest: 2,701
• South: 3,805
• West: 2,028

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 919
• Number of aged recipients: 84
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 835
• Number of recipients under 18: 99
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 653
• Number of recipients older than 64: 167
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 397
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 367

Hancock County on our top lists:

• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #83 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"