Cape Elizabeth, ME (Maine) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 8,793 (Urban population: 8,356, Rural population: 437 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 3,724 (3,488 occupied: 3,059 owner occupied, 429 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	12%
State:	28%

Housing density: 253 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $204,483.

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,047 (lower quartile is $758, upper quartile is $1,437)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $2,701

Median gross rent in Cape Elizabeth, ME in 2007: $1,150

Housing units in Cape Elizabeth with a mortgage: 1,924 (154 second mortgage, 372 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 829

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $363,056 (it was $187,300 in 2000)

Cape Elizabeth:	$363,056
Maine:	$176,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $250,568 - $577,462

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $500,463
Here: $500,463
State: $240,738

Townhouses or other attached units: $299,584
Here: $299,584
State: $259,290

In 2-unit structures: $657,210
Here: $657,210
State: $237,097

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $543,286
Here: $543,286
State: $258,838

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $671,463
Here: $671,463
State: $254,084

Mobile homes: $187,500
Here: $187,500
State: $42,332

Household type by relationship

Households: 8,965

In family households: 7,889 (2,036 male householders, 570 female householders)
2,353 spouses, 2,688 children (2,504 natural, 103 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 61 parents, 16 other relatives, 114 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,076 (289 male householders (213 living alone)), 606 female householders (525 living alone)), 181 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 103 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 1,192 2-persons, 532 3-persons, 581 4-persons, 231 5-persons, 67 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 738 1-person, 142 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 9 5-persons.

2,065 married couples with children.
270 single-parent households (74 men, 196 women).

94.3% of residents of Cape Elizabeth speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 271 (3.0%)
(63.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.3
State:	5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.8
State:	4.1

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cape Elizabeth, Maine:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 14 4 rooms: 85 5 rooms: 349 6 rooms: 536 7 rooms: 678 8 rooms: 592 9 or more rooms: 805

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cape Elizabeth, Maine:
	1 room: 20 2 rooms: 11 3 rooms: 59 4 rooms: 99 5 rooms: 102 6 rooms: 63 7 rooms: 37 8 rooms: 28 9 or more rooms: 10

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 85
1995 to 1998: 46
1990 to 1994: 183
1980 to 1989: 587
1970 to 1979: 507
1960 to 1969: 635
1950 to 1959: 455
1940 to 1949: 493
1939 or earlier: 733

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cape Elizabeth:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 14 2 bedrooms: 428 3 bedrooms: 1,428 4 bedrooms: 908 5 or more bedrooms: 281

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cape Elizabeth:
	no bedroom: 20 1 bedroom: 88 2 bedrooms: 171 3 bedrooms: 128 4 bedrooms: 22 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Cape Elizabeth in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 18 1 vehicle: 714 2 vehicles: 1,772 3 vehicles: 403 4 vehicles: 120 5 or more vehicles: 32

Cars and other vehicles available in Cape Elizabeth in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 51 1 vehicle: 155 2 vehicles: 180 3 vehicles: 36 4 vehicles: 7 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Cape Elizabeth, ME:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 1
$30,000 to $34,999: 4
$35,000 to $39,999: 3
$40,000 to $49,999: 1
$50,000 to $59,999: 5
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 2
$100,000 to $124,999: 15
$125,000 to $149,999: 6
$150,000 to $174,999: 86
$175,000 to $199,999: 161
$200,000 to $249,999: 364
$250,000 to $299,999: 400
$300,000 to $399,999: 629
$400,000 to $499,999: 339
$500,000 to $749,999: 526
$750,000 to $999,999: 235
$1,000,000 or more: 191

Cape Elizabeth rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Cape Elizabeth:

Less than $100: 9 people
$100 to $149: 3
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 5
$300 to $349: 6
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 4
$450 to $499: 2
$500 to $549: 1
$550 to $599: 5
$600 to $649: 6
$650 to $699: 7
$700 to $749: 12
$750 to $799: 31
$800 to $899: 67
$900 to $999: 25
$1,000 to $1,249: 78
$1,250 to $1,499: 38
$1,500 to $1,999: 47
$2,000 or more: 41
No cash rent: 24

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 44 1990 to 1994: 53 1985 to 1989: 20 1980 to 1984: 0 1975 to 1979: 4 1970 to 1974: 37 1970 to 1974: 19 1965 to 1969: 94

Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.3%
Number of people working at home: 400 (9.1% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 143
5 to 9 minutes: 394
10 to 14 minutes: 760
15 to 19 minutes: 934
20 to 24 minutes: 869
25 to 29 minutes: 236
30 to 34 minutes: 407
35 to 39 minutes: 34
40 to 44 minutes: 6
45 to 59 minutes: 60
60 to 89 minutes: 96
90 or more minutes: 36

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 3,580 (82%)
Carpooled: 281 (6%)
Taxi: 7 (0%)
Bicycle: 16 (0%)
Walked: 69 (2%)
Other means: 22 (1%)
Worked at home: 400 (9%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 152
$10,000 to $14,999: 92
$15,000 to $19,999: 87
$20,000 to $24,999: 106
$25,000 to $29,999: 94
$30,000 to $34,999: 254
$35,000 to $39,999: 119
$40,000 to $44,999: 174
$45,000 to $49,999: 131
$50,000 to $59,999: 243
$60,000 to $74,999: 359
$75,000 to $99,999: 506
$100,000 to $124,999: 367
$125,000 to $149,999: 195
$150,000 to $199,999: 285
$200,000 or more: 337

First ancestries reported:

English: 1736

Irish: 1503

Italian: 730

German: 600

United States or American: 452

Scottish: 369

Other groups: 337

French (except Basque): 329

Scotch-Irish: 252

French Canadian: 193

Polish: 182

Dutch: 143

Swedish: 142

British: 141

Russian: 95

Danish: 87

Greek: 50

Portuguese: 46

Canadian: 46

Hungarian: 46

Norwegian: 46

Armenian: 44

Albanian: 43

European: 41

Czech: 40

Eastern European: 35

Austrian: 31

Welsh: 25

Slovene: 22

Swiss: 20

Lithuanian: 19

Slavic: 15

Czechoslovakian: 13

Iranian: 12

Ukrainian: 12

Arab:: 11

Finnish: 11

Syrian: 11

Alsatian: 10

Slovak: 8

Northern European: 7

Romanian: 7

Brazilian: 6

Latvian: 5

Scandinavian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

United Kingdom (19%)
Canada (13%)
Other Eastern Europe (12%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
Germany (7%)
Argentina (6%)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (5%)

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

This state: 4172
Northeast: 3008
Midwest: 675
South: 579
West: 267

65% of Cape Elizabeth residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 13% lived in Maine.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 10
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 23
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 6
11th grade: 12
12th grade, no diploma: 27
High school graduate (or equivalency): 323
Less than 1 year of college: 104
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 321
Associate degree: 185
Bachelor's degree: 971
Master's degree: 389
Professional school degree: 400
Doctorate degree: 102

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 4
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 48
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 12
11th grade: 18
12th grade, no diploma: 41
High school graduate (or equivalency): 529
Less than 1 year of college: 144
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 468
Associate degree: 334
Bachelor's degree: 1,043
Master's degree: 574
Professional school degree: 189
Doctorate degree: 38

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.0%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $92,229
Black householders: $57,226
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $227,700
Asian householders: $141,167
Two or more races householders: $68,182

Cape Elizabeth household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Cape Elizabeth household income for Asian householders

Cape Elizabeth household income for Two or more races householders

Cape Elizabeth marital status for males

Cape Elizabeth marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $359,760
Black or African American householders: $231,053
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $266,525
Asian householders: $1,938,368
Two or more races householders: $104,284

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,190
One, attached: 236
Two: 37
3 or 4: 85
5 to 9: 114
10 to 19: 8
20 to 49: 12
50 or more: 37
Mobile homes: 5

Median worth of mobile homes: $230,113

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Cape Elizabeth:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (91%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%) Utility gas (3%) Wood (1%) Electricity (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%) Utility gas (14%) Electricity (5%) Wood (3%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 110

Here:	8.9%
Maine:	6.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43

Here:	6.9%
Maine:	8.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 76

Here:	22.0%
Maine:	28.3%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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