Estimated median household income in 2007: $48,017
| This zip code: | $48,017 | | Maine: | $45,888 |
Nearest zip codes: 04344, 04346, 04347, 04357, 04351, 04350.
Housing units in zip code 04345 with a mortgage: 1,627 (119 second mortgage, 275 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 636
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,120
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $381
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 11.1% | | Whole state: | 12.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 3.4% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.0 | | State: | 5.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.2 | | State: | 4.1 |
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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Cemeteries: Maple Grove Cemetery (1), Goodspeed Cemetery (2), Riverside Cemetery (3), Fairbanks Cemetery (4), Coss Hill Cemetery (5), Putnam Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Jays Pond (A), Joys Pond (B), Nehumkeag Pond (C), Lily Pond (D), Cobbosseecontee Stream Reservoir (E), Cobbosseecontee Lake (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Kimball Brook (A), Grover Brook (B), West Branch Eastern River (C), East Branch Eastern River (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 54
- 1995 to 1998: 230
- 1990 to 1994: 321
- 1980 to 1989: 674
- 1970 to 1979: 771
- 1960 to 1969: 441
- 1950 to 1959: 351
- 1940 to 1949: 238
- 1939 or earlier: 2,027
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Gardiner, ME (04345): |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 89
- 2 bedrooms: 935
- 3 bedrooms: 1,646
- 4 bedrooms: 653
- 5 or more bedrooms: 145
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 11
- 1 bedrooms: 337
- 2 bedrooms: 480
- 3 bedrooms: 303
- 4 bedrooms: 47
- 5 or more bedrooms: 4
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Vehicles available in 04345 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 139
- 1 vehicle: 886
- 2 vehicles: 1,649
- 3 vehicles: 614
- 4 vehicles: 135
- 5 or more vehicles: 45
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 186
- 1 vehicle: 605
- 2 vehicles: 322
- 3 vehicles: 60
- 4 vehicles: 9
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 04345:
- Less than $10,000: 22
- $10,000 to $14,999: 11
- $15,000 to $19,999: 11
- $20,000 to $24,999: 9
- $25,000 to $29,999: 21
- $30,000 to $34,999: 39
- $35,000 to $39,999: 30
- $40,000 to $49,999: 38
- $50,000 to $59,999: 41
- $60,000 to $69,999: 63
- $70,000 to $79,999: 81
- $80,000 to $89,999: 104
- $90,000 to $99,999: 122
- $100,000 to $124,999: 502
- $125,000 to $149,999: 578
- $150,000 to $174,999: 497
- $175,000 to $199,999: 379
- $200,000 to $249,999: 407
- $250,000 to $299,999: 212
- $300,000 to $399,999: 159
- $400,000 to $499,999: 45
- $500,000 to $749,999: 26
- $750,000 to $999,999: 4
- $1,000,000 or more: 14
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 04345:
- Less than $100: 21
- $100 to $149: 4
- $150 to $199: 49
- $200 to $249: 53
- $250 to $299: 29
- $300 to $349: 46
- $350 to $399: 103
- $400 to $449: 94
- $450 to $499: 70
- $500 to $549: 65
- $550 to $599: 69
- $600 to $649: 66
- $650 to $699: 72
- $700 to $749: 8
- $750 to $799: 16
- No cash rent: 64
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $97,238.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $155,843
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $83,987
- Asian householders: $653,234
- Two or more races householders: $171,147
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $69,989
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $152,586 (it was $81,400 in 2000)
| 04345: | $152,586 | | Maine: | $176,000 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $92,571 - $184,989
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $186,189| Here: | $186,189 | | State: | $240,738 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $196,502| Here: | $196,502 | | State: | $259,290 |
In 2-unit structures: $156,011| Here: | $156,011 | | State: | $237,097 |
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $196,445| Here: | $196,445 | | State: | $258,838 |
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $339,181| Here: | $339,181 | | State: | $254,084 |
Mobile homes: $56,755| Here: | $56,755 | | State: | $42,332 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,412
- One, attached: 75
- Two: 366
- 3 or 4: 254
- 5 to 9: 239
- 10 to 19: 51
- 20 to 49: 69
- Mobile homes: 629
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 4,813 (82%)
- Carpooled: 658 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 99 (2%)
- Other means: 60 (1%)
- Worked at home: 230 (4%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 237
- 5 to 9 minutes: 534
- 10 to 14 minutes: 591
- 15 to 19 minutes: 1047
- 20 to 24 minutes: 1172
- 25 to 29 minutes: 286
- 30 to 34 minutes: 660
- 35 to 39 minutes: 128
- 40 to 44 minutes: 208
- 45 to 59 minutes: 435
- 60 to 89 minutes: 278
- 90 or more minutes: 99
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 78.6%
Household type by relationship
Households: 11,544
- In family households: 9,659 (2,422 male householders, 726 female householders)
2,554 spouses, 3,357 children (3,029 natural, 81 adopted, 247 stepchildren), 96 grandchildren, 59 brothers or sisters, 62 parents, 57 other relatives, 326 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,885 (659 male householders (507 living alone)), 858 female householders (696 living alone)), 368 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 172 (95 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,384 2-persons, 665 3-persons, 750 4-persons, 255 5-persons, 71 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,203 1-person, 268 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 8 4-persons.
2,027 married couples with children.
677 single-parent households (189 men, 488 women).
96.3% of residents of 04345 zip code speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% very well, 13% well, 20% not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% very well, 20% well, 6% not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (86% very well, 14% well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (56% very well, 44% not well).
Foreign born population: 180 (1.5%)
(60.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 1.5% | | Whole state: | 2.9% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (46%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Ethiopia (7%)
- Austria (6%)
- India (6%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Germany (4%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 0
- 1990 to 1994: 59
- 1985 to 1989: 5
- 1980 to 1984: 23
- 1975 to 1979: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 9
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1965 to 1969: 84
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White population: 11,392
Black population: 44
American Indian population: 68
Asian population: 32
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 3
Some other race population: 31
Two or more races population: 139

First ancestries reported:
|  English: 2153 |
|  United States or American: 1164 |
|  French (except Basque): 1153 |
|  Irish: 958 |
|  French Canadian: 656 |
|  Other groups: 581 |
|  Scottish: 454 |
|  German: 420 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 223 |
|  Italian: 148 |
|  Swedish: 120 |
|  Polish: 112 |
|  Dutch: 60 |
|  Canadian: 55 |
|  Norwegian: 44 |
|  Welsh: 42 |
|  Finnish: 37 |
|  European: 29 |
|  Danish: 25 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 22 |
|  Greek: 21 |
|  Subsaharan African:: 20 |
|  Armenian: 17 |
|  Swiss: 17 |
|  Celtic: 16 |
|  Slovak: 16 |
|  Eastern European: 15 |
|  Ethiopian: 15 |
|  Lithuanian: 14 |
|  Russian: 11 |
|  Lebanese: 10 |
|  Arab:: 10 |
|  Czech: 10 |
|  Acadian/Cajun: 10 |
|  Australian: 8 |
|  Portuguese: 8 |
|  Ukrainian: 8 |
|  Scandinavian: 7 |
|  Hungarian: 7 |
|  Slavic: 6 |
|  British: 5 |
|  African: 5 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 5 |
|  Haitian: 5 |

Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- GARDINER AREA HIGH SCHOOL (40 WEST HILL ROAD in GARDINER, ME)
AIR MONITORING SITE (Airborne pollution emission tracking)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-16407
Organizations: MSAD 11 GARDINER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- GARDINER PAPERBOARD CORPORATION (721 WATER STREET in GARDINER, ME)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
Business SIC classification: PAPERBOARD MILLS
Organizations: THE NEWARK GROUP INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: YORKTOWNE PAPER MILLS OF MAINE, INC
- PITTSTON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL (RURAL ROUTE 2 BOX 6060 in GARDINER, ME)
(Geographic Names Information System)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-34701
Organizations: MSAD 11 GARDINER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- PRAY STREET SCHOOL (PRAY STREET in GARDINER, ME)
(Geographic Names Information System)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-16404
Organizations: MSAD 11 GARDINER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- GARDINER REGIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL (161 COBBOSSEE AVENUE in GARDINER, ME)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-16408
Organizations: MSAD 11 GARDINER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- HELEN THOMPSON SCHOOL (309 SPEARS CORNER ROAD in WEST GARDINER, ME)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-46802
Organizations: MSAD 11 GARDINER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- LAURA E RICHARDS SCHOOL (279 BRUNSWICK AVENUE in GARDINER, ME)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-16409
Organizations: MSAD 11 GARDINER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- RIVER VIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOL (815 RIVER RD PO BOX 9 in GARDINER, ME)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-16410
Organizations: MSAD 11 GARDINER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- MAINE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY (MILE 98 in GARDINER, ME)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2002-0112, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
- GARDINER WATER DISTRICT (190 CENTRAL ST. in GARDINER, ME)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: WATER SUPPLY
Organizations: GARDINER WATER DISTRICT PUMPIN (CONTACT/OWNER)
- NEW ENGLAND TELE CO CTL OFFICE (16 BRUNSWICK AVE in GARDINER, ME)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE CO BOS (CONTACT/OWNER)
- NRB (RFD1A, BOX 429 in GARDINER, ME)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
Business SIC classification: NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS
- AMERICAN TISSUE HYDRO PROJECT (835 WATER STREET in GARDINER, ME)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: ELECTRIC SERVICES
Median worth of mobile homes: $59,071
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (88%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9188
- Northeast: 1412
- Midwest: 307
- South: 397
- West: 173
65% of the 04345 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Maine.
Population in 1990: 8,387. Population change in the 1990s: +3,322 (+39.6%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
| Here: | 3.7% | | Maine: | 6.9% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 5.2% | | Maine: | 8.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 87
| Here: | 23.3% | | Maine: | 28.3% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- BLUE MARBLE GROUP INC (397 WATER ST , SUITE 100 in GARDINER, ME; small business): $72,904 in 6 contracts from 2004 to 2005
Contracts for Programming Services, ADP Software, Other Administrative Support Services by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only, Air Force, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Army, and others Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $6,996; 2005: $65,908; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$41,282 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Programming Services. Signed on 2005-04-28. Completion date: 2005-04-29.
$7,626 with Air Force for ADP Software. Signed on 2005-07-13. Completion date: 2005-07-27.
$6,996 with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere for Other Administrative Support Services. Taking place in DC. Signed on 2004-02-18. Completion date: 2004-09-30.
$6,000 with Army for Programming Services. Signed on 2005-09-02. Completion date: 2005-09-30.
- MOONEY BROTHERS, INCORPORATED (1001D BRUNSWICK AVE in GARDINER, ME; small business): $64,456 in 15 contracts from 2000 to 2006
Contracts for Equipment and Materials Testing -- Fire Control Equipment, Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- EPG Facilities - Petroleum, Inspection Services (including commercial testing and lab services, except medical/dental) -- Fire Control Equipment, Other Quality Control, Testing and Inspection Services -- Miscellaneous by Navy Signed by year: 2000: $17,707; 2001: $0; 2002: $2,116; 2003: $1,645; 2004: $1,645; 2005: $29,923; 2006: $11,420.
Biggest contracts:
$21,220 with Navy for Equipment and Materials Testing -- Fire Control Equipment. Signed on 2005-02-10. Completion date: 2006-02-09.
$17,707 with Navy for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- EPG Facilities - Petroleum. Signed on 2000-01-10. Completion date: 2000-02-09.
$11,420 with Navy for Equipment and Materials Testing -- Fire Control Equipment. Signed on 2006-01-05. Completion date: 2007-02-09.
$5,554, same as above. Signed on 2005-08-04. Completion date: 2006-02-09.
- CROCKERS, GARY (12 MANNING DR in GARDINER, ME; small business)
$1,000 with Army for Other Professional Services. Signed on 2003-01-27. Completion date: 2003-04-27.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: All Other Support Services (250-499 employees: 1 establishment, 10-19 employees: 1 establishment, 5-9 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
- Wholesale Trade: Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers (100-249: 1)
- Wholesale Trade: Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers (100-249: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (50-99: 1, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49: 1, 10-19: 2, 5-9: 3, 1-4: 3)
- Construction: Site Preparation Contractors (50-99: 1, 1-4: 5)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Home Health Care Services (50-99: 1)
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.)
People in group quarters
- 97 people in nursing homes
- 31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 28 people in other group homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
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