Rockland, ME (Maine) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 7,436 (Urban population: 6,653 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 783 (all nonfarm))

Rockland, Maine Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 3,752 (3,434 occupied: 1,861 owner occupied, 1,573 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	46%
State:	28%

Housing density: 291 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: $549 (lower quartile is $386, upper quartile is $667)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $746

Median gross rent in Rockland, ME in 2007: $631

Housing units in Rockland with a mortgage: 841 (88 second mortgage, 115 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 591

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $156,198 (it was $82,400 in 2000)

Rockland:	$156,198
Maine:	$176,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $97,656 - $209,665

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $186,913
Here: $186,913
State: $240,738

Townhouses or other attached units: $280,941
Here: $280,941
State: $259,290

In 2-unit structures: $222,073
Here: $222,073
State: $237,097

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $178,187
Here: $178,187
State: $258,838

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $386,882
Here: $386,882
State: $254,084

Mobile homes: $32,302
Here: $32,302
State: $42,332

Household type by relationship

Households: 7,392

In family households: 5,654 (1,229 male householders, 740 female householders)
1,471 spouses, 1,813 children (1,654 natural, 63 adopted, 96 stepchildren), 58 grandchildren, 73 brothers or sisters, 37 parents, 35 other relatives, 198 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,738 (532 male householders (403 living alone)), 943 female householders (848 living alone)), 263 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 217 (171 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 954 2-persons, 482 3-persons, 345 4-persons, 140 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,251 1-person, 212 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 7 4-persons.

882 married couples with children.
592 single-parent households (106 men, 486 women).

96.3% of residents of Rockland speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 122 (1.6%)
(53.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.1

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rockland, Maine:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 17 3 rooms: 23 4 rooms: 208 5 rooms: 437 6 rooms: 424 7 rooms: 297 8 rooms: 251 9 or more rooms: 204

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rockland, Maine:
	1 room: 65 2 rooms: 156 3 rooms: 390 4 rooms: 358 5 rooms: 298 6 rooms: 155 7 rooms: 92 8 rooms: 53 9 or more rooms: 6

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 35
1995 to 1998: 139
1990 to 1994: 114
1980 to 1989: 409
1970 to 1979: 419
1960 to 1969: 262
1950 to 1959: 240
1940 to 1949: 218
1939 or earlier: 1,916

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Rockland:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 61 2 bedrooms: 508 3 bedrooms: 885 4 bedrooms: 363 5 or more bedrooms: 44

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rockland:
	no bedroom: 75 1 bedroom: 604 2 bedrooms: 530 3 bedrooms: 314 4 bedrooms: 50 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 Rockland in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 106 1 vehicle: 665 2 vehicles: 871 3 vehicles: 146 4 vehicles: 52 5 or more vehicles: 21

Cars and other vehicles available in Rockland in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 396 1 vehicle: 898 2 vehicles: 256 3 vehicles: 15 4 vehicles: 8 5 or more vehicles: 0

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

Less than $10,000: 12
$10,000 to $14,999: 6
$15,000 to $19,999: 5
$20,000 to $24,999: 3
$25,000 to $29,999: 5
$30,000 to $34,999: 9
$35,000 to $39,999: 11
$40,000 to $49,999: 21
$50,000 to $59,999: 21
$60,000 to $69,999: 44
$70,000 to $79,999: 65
$80,000 to $89,999: 71
$90,000 to $99,999: 74
$100,000 to $124,999: 231
$125,000 to $149,999: 281
$150,000 to $174,999: 299
$175,000 to $199,999: 147
$200,000 to $249,999: 196
$250,000 to $299,999: 146
$300,000 to $399,999: 95
$400,000 to $499,999: 32
$500,000 to $749,999: 35
$750,000 to $999,999: 1
$1,000,000 or more: 8

Rockland rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Rockland:

Less than $100: 48 people
$100 to $149: 31
$150 to $199: 43
$200 to $249: 39
$250 to $299: 43
$300 to $349: 55
$350 to $399: 72
$400 to $449: 76
$450 to $499: 127
$500 to $549: 177
$550 to $599: 205
$600 to $649: 134
$650 to $699: 100
$700 to $749: 89
$750 to $799: 75
$800 to $899: 60
$900 to $999: 8
$1,000 to $1,249: 10
$1,250 to $1,499: 0
$1,500 to $1,999: 0
$2,000 or more: 27
No cash rent: 119

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 8 1990 to 1994: 22 1985 to 1989: 0 1980 to 1984: 7 1975 to 1979: 16 1970 to 1974: 0 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 69

Rockland, ME Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 91.5%
Number of people working at home: 179 (5.0% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 492
5 to 9 minutes: 1027
10 to 14 minutes: 755
15 to 19 minutes: 476
20 to 24 minutes: 267
25 to 29 minutes: 57
30 to 34 minutes: 106
35 to 39 minutes: 21
40 to 44 minutes: 25
45 to 59 minutes: 79
60 to 89 minutes: 69
90 or more minutes: 59

Rockland mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,526 (70%)
Carpooled: 477 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
Ferryboat: 17 (0%)
Taxi: 15 (0%)
Walked: 360 (10%)
Other means: 34 (1%)
Worked at home: 179 (5%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 461
$10,000 to $14,999: 485
$15,000 to $19,999: 281
$20,000 to $24,999: 313
$25,000 to $29,999: 165
$30,000 to $34,999: 278
$35,000 to $39,999: 348
$40,000 to $44,999: 229
$45,000 to $49,999: 137
$50,000 to $59,999: 272
$60,000 to $74,999: 201
$75,000 to $99,999: 146
$100,000 to $124,999: 61
$125,000 to $149,999: 45
$150,000 to $199,999: 13
$200,000 or more: 9

First ancestries reported:

English: 1329

United States or American: 780

Irish: 634

Other groups: 484

Italian: 342

French (except Basque): 285

Scottish: 269

German: 220

French Canadian: 163

Finnish: 125

Scotch-Irish: 111

Polish: 96

Swedish: 68

Canadian: 65

British: 63

Dutch: 63

Albanian: 49

Russian: 41

Norwegian: 39

European: 33

Welsh: 32

Portuguese: 28

Scandinavian: 24

Lithuanian: 21

Hungarian: 17

Danish: 16

Czechoslovakian: 13

Swiss: 9

Armenian: 7

Austrian: 4

Romanian: 4

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

Canada (21%)
United Kingdom (18%)
Germany (16%)
Russia (12%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
Other Northern Europe (8%)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (7%)

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

This state: 5553
Northeast: 1219
Midwest: 174
South: 335
West: 145

51% of Rockland residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Maine.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 10
Nursery to 4th grade: 16
5th and 6th grade: 15
7th and 8th grade: 110
9th grade: 65
10th grade: 116
11th grade: 65
12th grade, no diploma: 76
High school graduate (or equivalency): 915
Less than 1 year of college: 165
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 242
Associate degree: 101
Bachelor's degree: 293
Master's degree: 111
Professional school degree: 83
Doctorate degree: 34

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 99
9th grade: 105
10th grade: 62
11th grade: 110
12th grade, no diploma: 46
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,136
Less than 1 year of college: 234
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 430
Associate degree: 148
Bachelor's degree: 431
Master's degree: 115
Professional school degree: 18
Doctorate degree: 9

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 7.1%

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

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $37,529
Black householders: $50,974
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $37,229
Asian householders: $9,976
Some other race householders: $22,223
Two or more races householders: $47,974
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $26,589

Rockland household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Rockland household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Rockland household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Rockland marital status for males

Rockland marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $154,163
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $121,314
Two or more races householders: $32,661
Hispanic or Latino householders: $256,627

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,977
One, attached: 115
Two: 462
3 or 4: 464
5 to 9: 234
10 to 19: 84
20 to 49: 171
50 or more: 61
Mobile homes: 184

Median worth of mobile homes: $50,103

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Rockland:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (89%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%) Wood (2%) Electricity (1%) Other fuel (1%) Utility gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%) Electricity (19%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%) Utility gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55

Here:	6.4%
Maine:	6.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 36

Here:	11.4%
Maine:	8.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 74

Here:	41.8%
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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