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Sanford, ME (Maine) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $280,818 (it was $88,500 in 2000)
Sanford:

$280,818
Maine:

$290,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $212,838 - $364,447

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $253,603
Here:

$253,603
State:

$364,324

Townhouses or other attached units: $245,094
Here:

$245,094
State:

$496,775

In 2-unit structures: $245,573
Here:

$245,573
State:

$349,654

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $353,928
Here:

$353,928
State:

$366,418

Mobile homes: $171,875
Here:

$171,875
State:

$142,980

Total population: 20,906 (Urban population: 10,116 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 302 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 9,862 (9,210 occupied: 6,352 owner occupied, 3,005 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

32%
State:

26%

Housing density: 1,925 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $220,573.

Median contract rent in 2022: $928 (lower quartile is $754, upper quartile is $1,230)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,819


Median gross rent in Sanford, ME in 2022: $1,055

Housing units in Sanford with a mortgage: 4,584 (403 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 376 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 348

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $91,383

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $63,444

Median monthly housing costs: $1,229

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Sanford, Maine Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1974

Median year apartment built: 1971

Household type by relationship:

Households: 22,403
  • Male householders: 4,236 (1,373 living alone), Female householders: 4,953 (1,440 living alone)
  • 3,948 spouses (3,891 opposite-sex spouses), 1,274 unmarried partners, (1,197 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,054 children (5,624 natural, 25 adopted, 404 stepchildren), 391 grandchildren, 84 brothers or sisters, 171 parents, 24 foster children, 258 other relatives, 625 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 379

Size of family households: 2,635 2-persons, 1,480 3-persons, 803 4-persons, 423 5-persons, 134 6-persons, 103 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,900 1-person, 715 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 43 4-persons.

2,671 married couples with children.
2,040 single-parent households (764 men, 1,276 women).

93.2% of residents of Sanford speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 679 (3.0%)
(66.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

5.9
State:

6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.2
State:

4.0

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sanford, Maine
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sanford, Maine
  • 10no bedroom
  • 2151 bedroom
  • 1,1982 bedrooms
  • 3,6953 bedrooms
  • 9704 bedrooms
  • 2645+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sanford, Maine
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sanford, Maine
  • 166no bedroom
  • 7981 bedroom
  • 1,1622 bedrooms
  • 6363 bedrooms
  • 1604 bedrooms
  • 845+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Sanford in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Sanford in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 113no vehicle
  • 1,9901 vehicle
  • 2,7072 vehicles
  • 1,1283 vehicles
  • 2824 vehicles
  • 1325+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Sanford in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Sanford in renter-occupied apartments
  • 447no vehicle
  • 1,5801 vehicle
  • 8602 vehicles
  • 1183 vehicles
  • 04 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sanford, Maine
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sanford, Maine
  • 101 room
  • 292 rooms
  • 1333 rooms
  • 7764 rooms
  • 1,4315 rooms
  • 1,6346 rooms
  • 8887 rooms
  • 6878 rooms
  • 7649+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sanford, Maine
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sanford, Maine
  • 1661 room
  • 1422 rooms
  • 3863 rooms
  • 9984 rooms
  • 5245 rooms
  • 4356 rooms
  • 1597 rooms
  • 858 rooms
  • 1119+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Sanford, ME
Sanford CDP income, earnings, and wages data

  • Sanford, ME household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Sanford, ME in 2022
  • 422Less than $10,000
  • 517$10,000 to $19,999
  • 716$20,000 to $29,999
  • 849$30,000 to $39,999
  • 617$40,000 to $49,999
  • 544$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,087$60,000 to $74,999
  • 1,694$75,000 to $99,999
  • 1,334$100,000 to $124,999
  • 492$125,000 to $149,999
  • 699$150,000 to $199,999
  • 314$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Sanford, ME

  • Distribution of house value in Sanford, ME in 2022
  • 199Less than $10,000
  • 4$10,000 to $14,999
  • 34$15,000 to $19,999
  • 42$20,000 to $24,999
  • 12$25,000 to $29,999
  • 17$40,000 to $49,999
  • 37$50,000 to $59,999
  • 26$60,000 to $69,999
  • 90$70,000 to $79,999
  • 102$80,000 to $89,999
  • 27$90,000 to $99,999
  • 103$100,000 to $124,999
  • 296$125,000 to $149,999
  • 249$150,000 to $174,999
  • 296$175,000 to $199,999
  • 1,038$200,000 to $249,999
  • 900$250,000 to $299,999
  • 814$300,000 to $399,999
  • 487$400,000 to $499,999
  • 308$500,000 to $749,999
  • 24$750,000 to $999,999
  • 43$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • 65$2,000,000 or more

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Sanford, ME

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Sanford, ME in 2022
  • 12$150 to $199
  • 21$200 to $249
  • 25$250 to $299
  • 7$300 to $349
  • 66$350 to $399
  • 78$400 to $449
  • 200$500 to $549
  • 88$550 to $599
  • 112$600 to $649
  • 43$650 to $699
  • 88$700 to $749
  • 205$750 to $799
  • 426$800 to $899
  • 325$900 to $999
  • 523$1,000 to $1,249
  • 267$1,250 to $1,499
  • 216$1,500 to $1,999
  • 37$2,000 to $2,499
  • 106No cash rent
Work and jobs in Sanford: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 76.0%
Number of people working at home: 1,069 (9.8% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 260
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 894
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 903
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 1,150
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 1,176
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 688
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 1,480
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 344
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 754
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 1,430
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 378
  • 90 or more minutes: 142
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Sanford

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 6,077 (74.1%)
  • Carpooled: 692 (8.4%)
  • Bus: 121 (1.5%)
  • Ferryboat: 2 (0.0%)
  • Taxi: 17 (0.2%)
  • Bicycle: 8 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 90 (1.1%)
  • Worked at home: 1,069 (13.0%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 2.6%Males
  • 4.0%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 35.2%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 11.0%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 13.4%Females
Races in Sanford detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Sanford, Maine
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Sanford, Maine
  • 2032010 or later
  • 512000 to 2009
  • 2011990 to 1999
  • 1001980 to 1989
  • 401970 to 1979
  • 209Before 1970
Ancestries in Sanford, ME

First ancestries reported:

  • French Canadian: 1,453 (17.0%)
  • English: 1,370 (16.0%)
  • American: 915 (10.7%)
  • Irish: 887 (10.4%)
  • French: 817 (9.6%)
  • Italian: 341 (4.0%)
  • German: 322 (3.8%)
  • Polish: 251 (2.9%)
  • Canadian: 181 (2.1%)
  • European: 179 (2.1%)
  • Scottish: 130 (1.5%)
  • Eastern European: 94 (1.1%)
  • Swedish: 49 (0.6%)
  • Norwegian: 44 (0.5%)
  • Portuguese: 40 (0.5%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 33 (0.4%)
  • Albanian: 31 (0.4%)
  • Scandinavian: 31 (0.4%)
  • Czech: 25 (0.3%)
  • Hungarian: 24 (0.3%)
  • Russian: 23 (0.3%)
  • Greek: 18 (0.2%)
  • Welsh: 15 (0.2%)
  • British: 11 (0.1%)
  • Cajun: 10 (0.1%)
  • African: 9 (0.1%)
  • Lebanese: 8 (0.09%)
  • Lithuanian: 6 (0.07%)
  • Slovene: 5 (0.06%)

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

Germany
Sanford:

27.3% (187)
Maine:

3.9% (2,005)

Cambodia
Sanford:

22.9% (157)
Maine:

1.2% (603)

Canada
Sanford:

15.0% (103)
Maine:

18.9% (9,810)

England
Sanford:

5.7% (39)
Maine:

3.1% (1,593)

Vietnam
Sanford:

3.9% (27)
Maine:

2.0% (1,031)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Sanford:

3.4% (23)
Maine:

4.6% (2,392)

Mexico
Sanford:

3.4% (23)
Maine:

1.6% (841)

Philippines
Sanford:

2.8% (19)
Maine:

4.0% (2,054)

Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Sanford:

2.6% (18)
Maine:

0.8% (400)

Italy
Sanford:

2.2% (15)
Maine:

0.7% (349)

Japan
Sanford:

1.6% (11)
Maine:

0.7% (385)

Brazil
Sanford:

1.6% (11)
Maine:

1.1% (549)

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

  • This state: 11,682
  • Other state: 9,468
  • Northeast: 7,224
  • Midwest: 601
  • South: 1,255
  • West: 401

88.0% of Sanford residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29.2% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 37.5% lived in Maine.


Sanford:

88.0%
State average:

89.7%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 0
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 45
  • 7th and 8th grade: 144
  • 9th grade: 40
  • 10th grade: 182
  • 11th grade: 299
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 177
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,923
  • Less than 1 year of college: 361
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 591
  • Associate degree: 1,160
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,223
  • Master's degree: 279
  • Professional school degree: 113
  • Doctorate degree: 175
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 31
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 66
  • 9th grade: 29
  • 10th grade: 73
  • 11th grade: 313
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 92
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,850
  • Less than 1 year of college: 380
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,175
  • Associate degree: 981
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,643
  • Master's degree: 549
  • Professional school degree: 88
  • Doctorate degree: 45
Educational Attainment for Females
Sanford marital status for males
Sanford marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 6,221
  • One, attached: 267
  • Two: 794
  • 3 or 4: 973
  • 5 to 9: 418
  • 10 to 19: 270
  • 20 to 49: 309
  • 50 or more: 98
  • Mobile homes: 509

Median worth of mobile homes: $75,631

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.6%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.9%

House/condo owner moved in on average 9 years ago

Renter moved in on average 4 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Sanford
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Sanford, ME
  • 73.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 10.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 6.4%Wood
  • 4.6%Electricity
  • 3.8%Other fuel
  • 0.6%Utility gas
  • 0.1%Solar energy
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Sanford, ME
  • 54.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 17.8%Electricity
  • 13.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 11.3%Utility gas
  • 1.6%No fuel used
  • 0.6%Wood
  • 0.6%Other fuel

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 358
Here:

17.5%
Maine:

12.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
Here:

3.7%
Maine:

12.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 117
Here:

13.8%
Maine:

34.5%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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