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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 1.595 square miles

Population: 3,182

Population density:
Downtown:  1,995 people per square mile
Portland:  3,029 people per square mile

House/condo value distribution in Downtown in Portland, ME neighborhood, block, subdivision, or community

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Age and Sex of Residents in Downtown in Portland, ME

Races in Downtown in Portland neighborhood in ME

Zip codes: 04101, 04102.

Males:  1,758
Females:  1,424

Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:  33.8 years
Whole city:  35.7 years

Females:
This neighborhood:  35.3 years
Whole city:  37.1 years


Average household size:
Downtown:  1.4 people
Portland:  2.1 people

Average family size:
Downtown:  2.5 members
Portland:  2.9 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  11.0%
city:  32.1%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Downtown:  2.4%
Portland:  13.3%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  3.2%
Portland:  7.1%

10.8% of population in correctional institutions
9.0% of population in college dorms
1.9% of population in other group homes

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  27.3%
Portland:  19.8%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Downtown:  17.0%
city:  18.7%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  2.4%
Portland:  2.0%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  45.4%
Portland:  59.1%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Downtown:  40.4%
Portland:  32.4%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  1.1%
city:  0.9%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  13.1%
Portland:  7.6%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Downtown:
  • 1 room: 440
  • 2 rooms: 8
  • 3 rooms: 1,122
  • 4 rooms: 3,229
  • 5 rooms: 1,835
  • 6 rooms: 292
  • 7 rooms: 247
  • 8 rooms: 537
  • 9+ rooms: 534


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Downtown:
  • 1 room: 4,852
  • 2 rooms: 11,250
  • 3 rooms: 21,123
  • 4 rooms: 16,702
  • 5 rooms: 4,270
  • 6 rooms: 1,175
  • 7 rooms: 39
  • 8 rooms: 21
  • 9+ rooms: 0


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Downtown:
  • no bedroom: 440
  • 1 bedroom: 1,606
  • 2 bedrooms: 4,822
  • 3 bedrooms: 608
  • 4 bedrooms: 263
  • 5+ bedrooms: 507


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Downtown:
  • no bedroom: 7,282
  • 1 bedroom: 31,501
  • 2 bedrooms: 20,002
  • 3 bedrooms: 625
  • 4 bedrooms: 23
  • 5+ bedrooms: 0


Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:  1.4
Portland:  1.7

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Here:  0.7
city:  1.0

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Downtown:  88.9%
Portland:  71.7%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (1.7% of all units):
Downtown:  $170,969
Portland:  $274,173

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (2.3% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $197,791
city:  $154,545

Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2007 (4.4% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $170,350
Portland:  $150,568

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (9.2% of all units):
Downtown:  $11,829
city:  $361,735

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (82.2% of all units):
Downtown:  $390,454
Portland:  $289,568



Owners and renters by unit type in %

Mode of transportation to work in Downtown in Portland, ME

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  8.1%
city:  10.1%

Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  2.9%
city:  6.2%

Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  5.2%
city:  3.3%

Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  3.0%
city:  3.2%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  2.7%
city:  4.1%

Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  7.5%
city:  3.5%

Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here:  19.7%
city:  13.9%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  30.3%
city:  22.4%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  7.3%
city:  9.9%

Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here:  6.2%
city:  7.6%

Percentage of males in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  5.7%
city:  7.2%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  6.1%
city:  8.0%

Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  11.6%
city:  5.8%

Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  1.9%
city:  1.3%

Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here:  5.6%
city:  3.5%

Percentage of females in legal occupations:
Here:  1.8%
city:  1.8%

Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  8.2%
city:  8.6%

Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  4.2%
city:  3.5%

Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  4.8%
city:  7.1%

Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here:  23.3%
city:  18.6%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  28.4%
city:  34.6%

Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here:  2.7%
city:  3.5%

Percentage of females in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  1.0%
city:  1.5%

Percentage of people 18-64 in Armed Forces:
Downtown:  0.0%
Portland:  0.2%

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Downtown:  4.7%
Portland:  14.9%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Downtown:  16.1%
Portland:  6.1%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Downtown:  0.5%
Portland:  1.6%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Downtown:  7.4%
Portland:  11.4%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Downtown:  18.1%
Portland:  14.1%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Downtown:  1997
Portland:  1990

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Downtown:  1998
Portland:  1998

Median rent in 2007:
Downtown:  $722
Portland:  $745

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Downtown:  80.3%
Portland:  66.8%



Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
  • Utility gas (33%)
  • Electricity (17%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
  • Other fuel (1%)


Highways in this neighborhood:
US Hwy 1a (Commercial St)
Length: 0.78 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 47 to 362
State Rte 77 (High St)
Length: 0.54 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 163
US Hwy 1a (Franklin St)
Length: 0.48 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
State Rte 77 (Casco Bay Brg)
Length: 0.27 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
State Rte 77 (State St)
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 185 to 192
Roads and streets:
Congress St
Length: 1.13 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 335 to 673
Spring St
Length: 0.94 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Fore St
Length: 0.77 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 59 to 527
Cumberland Ave
Length: 0.72 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 203 to 414
W Commercial St
Length: 0.72 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 26 to 380
Free St
Length: 0.53 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 156
Pearl St
Length: 0.49 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 138
Middle St
Length: 0.43 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 99 to 200
Federal St
Length: 0.43 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 111 to 257
Portland Fish Pier
Length: 0.42 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Market St
Length: 0.37 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 135
Center St
Length: 0.36 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 136
Chandlers Wharf
Length: 0.33 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Pleasant St
Length: 0.31 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 119
Portland Pier
Length: 0.31 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 70
Maine State Pier
Length: 0.31 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Exchange St
Length: 0.30 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 128
Oak St
Length: 0.28 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 23 to 114
Browns Wharf
Length: 0.28 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Temple St
Length: 0.27 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 58
Cross St
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 90
Danforth St
Length: 0.23 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 80
York St
Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 108
Union Wharf
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 64
Maple St
Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 62
Brown St
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Wharf St
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Silver St
Length: 0.19 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 100
Widgery Wharf
Length: 0.18 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 40
Forest Ave
Length: 0.18 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 34 to 58
Newberry St
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 180 to 237
Custom House Wharf
Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 60
Casco St
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 46
Preble St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 42
Milk St
Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 40
Deering St
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 8
Elm St
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 42
Myrtle St
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 30
Wilmot St
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 34
Foundary Ln
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 26
Chestnut St
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 21
Chandler Wharf (Central Wharf)
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 721
Church St
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 2 to 24
Avon St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 32
Wrights Wharf
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Monument Way (Monument Sq)
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Cotton St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 30
Union St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 76
Shepley St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 26
Summer St
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
High Street Ct
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Eastern Promenade
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 16 to 66
South St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 24
Moulton St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Custom House St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 13
Portland Sq
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Long Wharf
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Hobsons Pier
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Deering Pl
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 12
Emery St
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 7
Railroad features:
Boston and Maine RR
Length: 1.30 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Canadian National Rlwy
Length: 1.02 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE

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