04257 Zip Code (Mexico, ME) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2019: 2,656
Zip code population in 2010: 2,681
Zip code population in 2000: 2,874

Houses and condos: 1,567
Renter-occupied apartments: 164
March 2019 cost of living index in zip code 04257: 83.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 23.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 114 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2019:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,303 (2.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,744 (2.7%)

For population 25 years and over in 04257:

• High school or higher: 96.3%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%
• Graduate or professional degree: 3.8%
• Unemployed: 1.7%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 04257:

• Never married: 23.3%
• Now married: 57.1%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 3.8%
• Divorced: 15.8%

• 
• • 2,57596.0%White
  • 361.3%Two or more races
  • 240.9%Asian
  • 240.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 90.3%Black
  • 90.3%American Indian
  • 30.1%Some other race
  • 10.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander

Urban population: 1,749
Rural population: 906

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 04257, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $34,352 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$34,352
State:	$52,375

Salary/wage: $32,603 (reported on 86.5% of returns)

Here:	$32,603
State:	$43,415

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 75.9% for AGIs below $25k, 77.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 84.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 89.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 83.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $463 (reported on 23.1% of returns)

This zip code:	$463
Maine:	$1,221

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Ordinary dividends: $778 (reported on 8.7% of returns)

Here:	$778
State:	$5,812

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.2% for AGIs below $25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$1,875 (reported on 3.8% of returns)

Here:	+$1,875
State:	+$11,897

Profit/loss from business: +$5,092 (reported on 11.5% of returns)

Here:	+$5,092
State:	+$12,144

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.8% for AGIs below $25k, 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $6,356 (reported on 8.7% of returns)

04257:	$6,356
Maine:	$13,385

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.1% for AGIs below $25k, 2.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.6% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $15,231 (23% of AGI, reported on 15.4% of returns)

Here:	$15,231
State:	$21,859

Here:	23.5% of AGI
State:	20.9% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 7.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 12.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $1,550 (reported on 7.7% of returns)

Here:	$1,550
State:	$2,741

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.2% for AGIs below $25k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxes paid: $6,144 (reported on 15.4% of returns)

04257:	$6,144
State:	$9,996

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 6.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $1,982 (reported on 26.9% of returns)

Here:	$1,982
State:	$1,959

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.5% for AGIs below $25k, 1.1% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 58.7%

Here:	59%
State:	48%

(% for various income ranges: 53.7% for AGIs below $25k, 58.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 64.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 75.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 75.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 04257, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $28,224 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$28,224
State:	$42,606

Salary/wage: $27,432 (reported on 84.5% of returns)

Here:	$27,432
State:	$36,376

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 80.2% for AGIs below $10k, 71.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 82.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 90.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 86.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 63.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $729 (reported on 33.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$729
Maine:	$1,367

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.3% for AGIs below $10k, 1.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $559 (reported on 11.5% of returns)

Here:	$559
State:	$3,533

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.4% for AGIs below $10k, 0.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$2,041 (reported on 8.3% of returns)

Here:	+$2,041
State:	+$11,433

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -1.2% for AGIs below $10k, 0.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$3,651 (reported on 9.2% of returns)

Here:	+$3,651
State:	+$10,755

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -4.3% for AGIs below $10k, 4.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, -0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k)

IRA payment deduction: $2,458 (reported on 2.0% of returns)

04257:	$2,458
Maine:	$3,014

Total itemized deductions: $12,902 (22% of AGI, reported on 13.8% of returns)

Here:	$12,902
State:	$18,231

Here:	21.5% of AGI
State:	21.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 10.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $1,360 (2% of AGI, reported on 11.7% of returns)

Here:	$1,360
State:	$2,466

Here:	2.3% of AGI
State:	2.8% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $10k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.9% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $3,125 (reported on 67.4% of returns)

04257:	$3,125
State:	$6,047

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.6% for AGIs below $10k, 3.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,658 (reported on 22.2% of returns)

Here:	$1,658
State:	$1,520

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 61.4%

Here:	61%
State:	53%

(% for various income ranges: 53.5% for AGIs below $10k, 59.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 65.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 68.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 96.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 04224, 04290, 04276, 04285, 04219, 04292.
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No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 198
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 860

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 43 (37 now married, 6 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 347 (210 now married, 134 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 04257 with a mortgage: 354 (42 home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 559

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $998
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $411

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2019:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2019:

• Zip code 04257 household income distribution in 2019

• 47Less than $10,000
• 73$10,000 to $14,999
• 53$15,000 to $19,999
• 93$20,000 to $24,999
• 56$25,000 to $29,999
• 64$30,000 to $34,999
• 80$35,000 to $39,999
• 51$40,000 to $44,999
• 96$45,000 to $49,999
• 77$50,000 to $59,999
• 104$60,000 to $74,999
• 147$75,000 to $99,999
• 71$100,000 to $124,999
• 11$125,000 to $149,999
• 11$150,000 to $199,999

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2019 in zip code 04257

• 35Less than $10,000
• 11$10,000 to $14,999
• 52$15,000 to $19,999
• 8$20,000 to $24,999
• 9$30,000 to $34,999
• 15$35,000 to $39,999
• 136$40,000 to $49,999
• 58$50,000 to $59,999
• 59$60,000 to $69,999
• 55$70,000 to $79,999
• 110$80,000 to $89,999
• 64$90,000 to $99,999
• 65$100,000 to $124,999
• 59$125,000 to $149,999
• 19$150,000 to $174,999
• 14$175,000 to $199,999
• 9$250,000 to $299,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2019 in zip code 04257

• 10$250 to $299
• 12$300 to $349
• 11$400 to $449
• 27$450 to $499
• 25$550 to $599
• 12$600 to $649
• 22$650 to $699
• 23$800 to $899
• 8No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2019: $680.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2019 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $84,480
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $101,501

Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $79,171 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $50,566 - $101,841

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $69,276

Here:	$69,276
State:	$259,950

In 2-unit structures: $375,490

Here:	$375,490
State:	$265,102

Mobile homes: $48,894

Here:	$48,894
State:	$87,621

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 791
• One, attached: 15
• Two: 190
• 3 or 4: 183
• 5 to 9: 78
• Mobile homes: 293

Unemployment: 1.7%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 04257

• 86.9%1,022Drove a car alone
• 7.6%90Carpooled
• 1.9%22Walked
• 3.1%37Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 04257

• 72Less than 5 minutes
• 3455 to 9 minutes
• 22310 to 14 minutes
• 6415 to 19 minutes
• 6020 to 24 minutes
• 725 to 29 minutes
• 6530 to 34 minutes
• 1135 to 39 minutes
• 5140 to 44 minutes
• 15345 to 59 minutes
• 5460 to 89 minutes
• 2790 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 82.4%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,656

• Male householders: 556 (135 living alone), Female householders: 512 (173 living alone)

• 617 spouses (600 opposite-sex spouses), 58 unmarried partners, (58 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 575 children (497 natural, 23 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 77 grandchildren, 30 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 0 foster children, 71 other relatives, 115 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 10 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 496 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 307 1-person, 62 2-persons

205 married couples with children.
78 single-parent households (24 men, 54 women).

96.9% of residents of 04257 zip code speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% very well, 25% well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• MEROBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (21 CROSS STREET in MEXICO, ME)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-27407
  Organizations: MSAD 43 MEXICO (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• MOUNTAIN VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL (58 HIGHLAND TERRACE in MEXICO, ME)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-27405
  Organizations: MSAD 43 MEXICO (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• RUMFORD AND MEXICO WASTE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY (RIVER ROAD in MEXICO, ME)

  AIR MONITORING SITE (Airborne pollution emission tracking)
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Organizations: RUMFORD MEXICO SEWER DISTRICT (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , RUMFORD-MEXICO SEWERGE DIST TP (CONTACT/OWNER) , RUMFORD POINT TREATMENT PLANT (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: RUMFORD-MEXICO S D T P, RUMFORD-MEXICO SEWER DISTRICT, RUMFORD-MEXICO SEWERAGE DIST., RUMFORD POINT TREATMENT PLANT

• SCHOOL OF APPLIED TECH-REGION 9 (377 RIVER ROAD in MEXICO, ME)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-27488
  Organizations: RUMFORD-REGION 9 (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• MEXICO LAUNDROMAT (MEXICO PLZ in MEXICO, ME)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Business SIC classification: DRYCLEANING PLANTS, EXCEPT RUG CLEANING
  Organizations: RONALD ROY (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• NO.OXFORD REG.BOARD (POPLAR HILL in MEXICO, ME)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: REFUSE SYSTEMS
  

• MSAD 43 CENTRAL OFFICE (32 PARKER ST in MEXICO, ME)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  

• HUTCHINSON, NORMAN & RITA (21 GRANITE ST in MEXICO, ME)

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  Alternative names: NORMAN & RITA HUTCHINSON

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.4%

Population in 1990: 3,316.

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

• This state: 2,145
• Northeast: 313
• Midwest: 34
• South: 54
• West: 33

70% of the 04257 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Maine.

94% of the 04257 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 93% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 9% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (10-19 employees: 3 establishments, 5-9 employees: 1 establishment)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Other Residential Care Facilities (20-49: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Credit Unions (20-49: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Ambulance Services (20-49: 1)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Solid Waste Collection (20-49: 1)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 11. The highest number of reported fires - 55 took place in 2017, and the least - 0 in 2007. The data has an increasing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (70.9%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (10.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 04257
• 12470.9%Structure Fires
• 1810.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 179.7%Outside Fires
• 169.1%Other

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 04257, Maine

Most common first names in zip code 04257 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	33	73.9 years
Joseph	32	76.3 years
William	27	74.8 years
James	21	69.6 years
Mary	19	75.4 years
Charles	17	76.0 years
Dorothy	15	70.1 years
Frank	15	77.9 years
George	14	75.8 years
Margaret	12	78.8 years

Most common last names in zip code 04257 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Arsenault	43	75.3 years
Gallant	21	74.0 years
Brown	17	77.7 years
Richard	16	76.4 years
Perry	13	73.7 years
Bernard	9	79.2 years
Blanchard	9	82.3 years
Martin	9	72.8 years
Thibodeau	9	70.4 years
Eastman	8	81.8 years

Businesses in zip code 04257
Name	Count		Name	Count
Advance Auto Parts	1		U.S. Cellular	1
RadioShack	1		Walmart	1
Subway	1