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Portland Apartments for Rent

Total population: 62,561 (Urban population: 61,537, Rural population: 1,024 (all nonfarm))

Portland, Maine Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 31,864 (29,715 occupied: 12,608 owner occupied, 17,107 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	58%
State:	28%

Housing density: 1502 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: $745 (lower quartile is $522, upper quartile is $935)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $857

Median gross rent in Portland, ME in 2007: $793

Housing units in Portland with a mortgage: 6,864 (533 second mortgage, 1,018 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,715

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $242,684 (it was $125,200 in 2000)

Portland:	$242,684
Maine:	$176,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $183,165 - $309,677

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $274,173
Here: $274,173
State: $240,738

Townhouses or other attached units: $272,143
Here: $272,143
State: $259,290

In 2-unit structures: $344,491
Here: $344,491
State: $237,097

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $361,735
Here: $361,735
State: $258,838

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $239,136
Here: $239,136
State: $254,084

Mobile homes: $84,948
Here: $84,948
State: $42,332

Household type by relationship

Households: 61,816

In family households: 40,602 (8,797 male householders, 4,873 female householders)
9,920 spouses, 13,915 children (13,154 natural, 339 adopted, 422 stepchildren), 625 grandchildren, 521 brothers or sisters, 293 parents, 520 other relatives, 1,138 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 21,214 (7,214 male householders (4,976 living alone)), 8,838 female householders (6,936 living alone)), 5,162 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,441 (941 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,385 2-persons, 3,286 3-persons, 2,484 4-persons, 970 5-persons, 337 6-persons, 208 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,912 1-person, 3,446 2-persons, 554 3-persons, 98 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons.

7,199 married couples with children.
3,928 single-parent households (665 men, 3,263 women).

90.1% of residents of Portland speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
5.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (41% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 4,895 (7.6%)
(34.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.7
State:	4.1

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Portland, Maine:
	1 room: 32 2 rooms: 62 3 rooms: 288 4 rooms: 1,163 5 rooms: 2,513 6 rooms: 3,258 7 rooms: 2,414 8 rooms: 1,382 9 or more rooms: 1,496

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portland, Maine:
	1 room: 1,036 2 rooms: 2,079 3 rooms: 4,506 4 rooms: 3,948 5 rooms: 3,172 6 rooms: 1,318 7 rooms: 645 8 rooms: 186 9 or more rooms: 217

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 338
1995 to 1998: 503
1990 to 1994: 800
1980 to 1989: 2,818
1970 to 1979: 2,685
1960 to 1969: 2,851
1950 to 1959: 3,180
1940 to 1949: 3,068
1939 or earlier: 15,621

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Portland:
	no bedroom: 39 1 bedroom: 461 2 bedrooms: 3,618 3 bedrooms: 5,323 4 bedrooms: 2,383 5 or more bedrooms: 784

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portland:
	no bedroom: 1,333 1 bedroom: 6,978 2 bedrooms: 6,087 3 bedrooms: 2,153 4 bedrooms: 378 5 or more bedrooms: 178

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Portland in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 723 1 vehicle: 4,761 2 vehicles: 5,548 3 vehicles: 1,251 4 vehicles: 277 5 or more vehicles: 48

Cars and other vehicles available in Portland in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 4,753 1 vehicle: 8,394 2 vehicles: 3,260 3 vehicles: 567 4 vehicles: 67 5 or more vehicles: 66

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

Less than $10,000: 7
$10,000 to $14,999: 3
$15,000 to $19,999: 5
$20,000 to $24,999: 15
$25,000 to $29,999: 13
$30,000 to $34,999: 7
$35,000 to $39,999: 5
$40,000 to $49,999: 4
$50,000 to $59,999: 24
$60,000 to $69,999: 18
$70,000 to $79,999: 24
$80,000 to $89,999: 27
$90,000 to $99,999: 37
$100,000 to $124,999: 208
$125,000 to $149,999: 582
$150,000 to $174,999: 973
$175,000 to $199,999: 1666
$200,000 to $249,999: 2908
$250,000 to $299,999: 2401
$300,000 to $399,999: 2014
$400,000 to $499,999: 617
$500,000 to $749,999: 519
$750,000 to $999,999: 117
$1,000,000 or more: 82

Portland rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Portland:

Less than $100: 227 people
$100 to $149: 255
$150 to $199: 585
$200 to $249: 485
$250 to $299: 397
$300 to $349: 321
$350 to $399: 261
$400 to $449: 300
$450 to $499: 469
$500 to $549: 654
$550 to $599: 850
$600 to $649: 1,073
$650 to $699: 1,187
$700 to $749: 1,243
$750 to $799: 1,136
$800 to $899: 2,406
$900 to $999: 1,781
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,922
$1,250 to $1,499: 353
$1,500 to $1,999: 249
$2,000 or more: 224
No cash rent: 285

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,886 1990 to 1994: 941 1985 to 1989: 525 1980 to 1984: 411 1975 to 1979: 171 1970 to 1974: 155 1970 to 1974: 135 1965 to 1969: 671

Portland, ME Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 92.6%
Number of people working at home: 1,231 (3.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1316
5 to 9 minutes: 5379
10 to 14 minutes: 8983
15 to 19 minutes: 7318
20 to 24 minutes: 3973
25 to 29 minutes: 1092
30 to 34 minutes: 2044
35 to 39 minutes: 338
40 to 44 minutes: 455
45 to 59 minutes: 1042
60 to 89 minutes: 809
90 or more minutes: 646

Portland mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 24,477 (71%)
Carpooled: 3,748 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,079 (3%)
Subway or elevated: 12 (0%)
Ferryboat: 253 (1%)
Taxi: 189 (1%)
Motorcycle: 27 (0%)
Bicycle: 367 (1%)
Walked: 3,097 (9%)
Other means: 146 (0%)
Worked at home: 1,231 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3582
$10,000 to $14,999: 2178
$15,000 to $19,999: 2110
$20,000 to $24,999: 2249
$25,000 to $29,999: 2205
$30,000 to $34,999: 2268
$35,000 to $39,999: 1918
$40,000 to $44,999: 1628
$45,000 to $49,999: 1572
$50,000 to $59,999: 2527
$60,000 to $74,999: 2855
$75,000 to $99,999: 2553
$100,000 to $124,999: 847
$125,000 to $149,999: 411
$150,000 to $199,999: 324
$200,000 or more: 495

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 9284

English: 8302

Italian: 5605

Other groups: 5289

French (except Basque): 4530

French Canadian: 2743

United States or American: 2454

German: 2412

Scottish: 2003

Scotch-Irish: 1533

Polish: 965

Swedish: 758

Russian: 751

Subsaharan African:: 561

Danish: 463

British: 460

European: 445

Canadian: 384

Norwegian: 379

Yugoslavian: 350

Dutch: 341

Welsh: 292

Greek: 284

Somalian: 264

African: 176

Arab:: 166

Armenian: 151

Eastern European: 151

Finnish: 132

Afghan: 129

Ukrainian: 116

Portuguese: 115

Serbian: 101

Albanian: 99

Austrian: 92

Lithuanian: 89

Iranian: 85

Hungarian: 80

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 77

Czech: 74

Lebanese: 65

Bulgarian: 61

Swiss: 54

Scandinavian: 50

Romanian: 49

Belgian: 48

Jamaican: 45

Croatian: 43

Slovak: 41

Turkish: 40

Sudanese: 35

Iraqi: 34

Latvian: 34

Other Subsaharan African: 30

Czechoslovakian: 28

Slavic: 27

Ethiopian: 23

Arab/Arabic: 23

Celtic: 22

Moroccan: 21

Northern European: 20

Macedonian: 18

South African: 16

Acadian/Cajun: 14

Australian: 14

Cape Verdean: 12

Estonian: 11

Brazilian: 10

Dutch West Indian: 10

Haitian: 9

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 9

Syrian: 8

Egyptian: 8

Other Arab: 7

Pennsylvania German: 6

Ugandan: 5

West Indian: 4

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

Canada (11%)
Vietnam (9%)
Cambodia (8%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (8%)
Other Eastern Africa (8%)
Other Eastern Europe (5%)
United Kingdom (4%)

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

This state: 37967
Northeast: 13731
Midwest: 2632
South: 2980
West: 1495

46% of Portland residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Maine.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 159
Nursery to 4th grade: 66
5th and 6th grade: 150
7th and 8th grade: 551
9th grade: 324
10th grade: 392
11th grade: 354
12th grade, no diploma: 628
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,289
Less than 1 year of college: 1,160
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,979
Associate degree: 1,347
Bachelor's degree: 4,965
Master's degree: 1,690
Professional school degree: 912
Doctorate degree: 313

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 233
Nursery to 4th grade: 77
5th and 6th grade: 161
7th and 8th grade: 545
9th grade: 304
10th grade: 528
11th grade: 295
12th grade, no diploma: 554
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,423
Less than 1 year of college: 1,434
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,170
Associate degree: 1,683
Bachelor's degree: 5,652
Master's degree: 2,327
Professional school degree: 498
Doctorate degree: 134

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.7%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 10.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 21.4%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 8.5%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 17.5%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.5%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 18.6%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 5.5%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $46,241
Black householders: $19,043
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $43,441
Asian householders: $28,702
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $13,339
Some other race householders: $23,409
Two or more races householders: $50,466
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $27,880

Portland household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Portland household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Portland household income for Asian householders

Portland household income for Two or more races householders

Portland household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Portland marital status for males

Portland marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $236,093
Black or African American householders: $199,845
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $1,938,368
Asian householders: $198,488
Some other race householders: $72,688
Two or more races householders: $201,590
Hispanic or Latino householders: $920,724

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 11,169
One, attached: 1,508
Two: 3,844
3 or 4: 5,091
5 to 9: 3,650
10 to 19: 2,192
20 to 49: 1,564
50 or more: 2,770
Mobile homes: 76

Median worth of mobile homes: $56,454

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Portland:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (75%) Utility gas (21%) Electricity (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (55%) Utility gas (29%) Electricity (10%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 621

Here:	10.9%
Maine:	6.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 345

Here:	11.9%
Maine:	8.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 695

Here:	18.3%
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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