Estimated median household income in 2008: $58,822
| This zip code: | $58,822 | | Maine: | $46,581 |
Nearest zip codes: 04843, 04841, 04847, 04854, 04861, 04864.
Housing units in zip code 04856 with a mortgage: 567 (53 second mortgage, 113 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 290
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,596
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $557
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This zip code: | 8.0% | | Whole state: | 12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This zip code: | 2.6% | | Whole state: | 4.7% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.2 | | State: | 5.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.3 | | State: | 4.1 |
|
Click to draw/clear zip code borders
|
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 04856: Spite House (A), Rockport Public Library (B), Rockport Opera House (C), Maine Coast Artists Gallery (D), West Rockport Fire Department (E), Town Office Number 1 (F), Town Office Number 2 (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in zip code 04856: Vesper Hill Childrens Chapel (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: New Rockville Cemetery (1), Amesbury Cemetery (2), Samoset Cemetery (3), Seaview Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Rocky Pond (A), Lilly Pond (B), Grassy Pond (C), Mirror Lake (D), Tolman Pond (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Goose River (A), Varnah Brook (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Rockport Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
|
Year house built: |
|
- 1999 to March 2000: 41
- 1995 to 1998: 165
- 1990 to 1994: 133
- 1980 to 1989: 256
- 1970 to 1979: 286
- 1960 to 1969: 95
- 1950 to 1959: 55
- 1940 to 1949: 47
- 1939 or earlier: 605
|
|

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Rockport, ME (04856): |
|
- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 39
- 2 bedrooms: 252
- 3 bedrooms: 649
- 4 bedrooms: 133
- 5 or more bedrooms: 27
|
|
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
|
- no bedroom: 6
- 1 bedrooms: 79
- 2 bedrooms: 113
- 3 bedrooms: 47
- 4 bedrooms: 29
- 5 or more bedrooms: 5
|
|
Vehicles available in 04856 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
|
- no vehicle: 74
- 1 vehicle: 254
- 2 vehicles: 544
- 3 vehicles: 186
- 4 vehicles: 17
- 5 or more vehicles: 25
|
|
Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
|
- no vehicle: 6
- 1 vehicle: 164
- 2 vehicles: 95
- 3 vehicles: 14
- 4 vehicles: 0
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
|
|
Estimated household income distribution in 2008:

|
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2008 in zip code 04856:
- $40,000 to $49,999: 5
- $50,000 to $59,999: 20
- $60,000 to $69,999: 10
- $70,000 to $79,999: 1
- $80,000 to $89,999: 4
- $90,000 to $99,999: 4
- $100,000 to $124,999: 21
- $125,000 to $149,999: 34
- $150,000 to $174,999: 61
- $175,000 to $199,999: 87
- $200,000 to $249,999: 124
- $250,000 to $299,999: 141
- $300,000 to $399,999: 204
- $400,000 to $499,999: 147
- $500,000 to $749,999: 186
- $750,000 to $999,999: 38
- $1,000,000 or more: 49
|

|
Rent paid by renters in 2008 in zip code 04856:
- $200 to $249: 4
- $250 to $299: 3
- $350 to $399: 5
- $400 to $449: 13
- $450 to $499: 21
- $500 to $549: 26
- $550 to $599: 17
- $600 to $649: 12
- $650 to $699: 17
- $700 to $749: 13
- $750 to $799: 15
- $800 to $899: 40
- $900 to $999: 19
- $1,000 to $1,249: 18
- $1,250 to $1,499: 10
- No cash rent: 42
|
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2008: $382,184.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2008 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $327,149
- Asian householders: $358,297
Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $320,080 (it was $168,300 in 2000)
| 04856: | $320,080 | | Maine: | $180,200 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $179,321 - $488,118
Mean price in 2008:
Detached houses: $405,611| Here: | $405,611 | | State: | $236,370 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $591,694| Here: | $591,694 | | State: | $260,886 |
In 2-unit structures: $426,229| Here: | $426,229 | | State: | $219,008 |
Mobile homes: $45,392| Here: | $45,392 | | State: | $42,332 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
|
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
|
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,355
- One, attached: 111
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 47
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 114

|
Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 1,201 (75%)
- Carpooled: 111 (7%)
- Bicycle: 20 (1%)
- Walked: 101 (6%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 161 (10%)
|

|
Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 111
- 5 to 9 minutes: 378
- 10 to 14 minutes: 367
- 15 to 19 minutes: 250
- 20 to 24 minutes: 110
- 25 to 29 minutes: 47
- 30 to 34 minutes: 49
- 35 to 39 minutes: 19
- 40 to 44 minutes: 18
- 45 to 59 minutes: 18
- 60 to 89 minutes: 35
- 90 or more minutes: 45
|
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 88.1%
Household type by relationship
Households: 3,217
- In family households: 2,671 (795 male householders, 144 female householders)
822 spouses, 806 children (771 natural, 26 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 24 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 546 (158 male householders (141 living alone)), 291 female householders (240 living alone)), 97 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 441 2-persons, 194 3-persons, 189 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 381 1-person, 56 2-persons, 12 3-persons.
566 married couples with children.
150 single-parent households (40 men, 110 women).
97.1% of residents of 04856 zip code speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% very well, 5% well, 8% not well).
Foreign born population: 89 (2.8%)
(58.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 2.8% | | Whole state: | 2.9% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (47%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Other Western Europe (12%)
- Germany (8%)
- Cambodia (7%)
- Other Northern Europe (6%)
- Vietnam (4%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
|
- 1995 to March 2000: 30
- 1990 to 1994: 16
- 1985 to 1989: 0
- 1980 to 1984: 0
- 1975 to 1979: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 7
- 1970 to 1974: 5
- 1965 to 1969: 31
|
|
White population: 3,184
Black population: 5
American Indian population: 2
Asian population: 15
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 6
Two or more races population: 15
First ancestries reported:
|  English: 685 |
|  United States or American: 368 |
|  Irish: 253 |
|  German: 197 |
|  Scottish: 150 |
|  Other groups: 126 |
|  French (except Basque): 116 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 82 |
|  Swedish: 67 |
|  Italian: 63 |
|  British: 62 |
|  European: 57 |
|  Dutch: 46 |
|  Hungarian: 43 |
|  Finnish: 36 |
|  French Canadian: 36 |
|  Polish: 36 |
|  Welsh: 36 |
|  Russian: 32 |
|  Scandinavian: 30 |
|  Canadian: 29 |
|  Norwegian: 24 |
|  Celtic: 13 |
|  Danish: 11 |
|  Swiss: 7 |
|  Belgian: 6 |
|  Brazilian: 6 |
|  Ukrainian: 5 |

Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- ROCKPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (WEST ST PO BOX 9 in ROCKPORT, ME)
(Geographic Names Information System)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-36901
Organizations: MSAD 28 CAMDEN (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- CAMDEN HILLS REGIONAL H S (25 KEELSON DRIVE in ROCKPORT, ME)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-36903
Organizations: FIVE TOWN CSD (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- MICROMETRICS, INC. (17CR INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD in ROCKPORT, ME)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: MICRO METRICS INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: KNOX SEMICONDUCTOR INC
- MAINE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP (2 CENTRAL ST in ROCKPORT, ME)
HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, DAVID LYMAN (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: MAINE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOPS UNION HALL
- PENOBSCOT BAY MEDICAL CENTER (6 GLEN COVE DRIVE in ROCKPORT, ME)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business SIC classification: GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS
Organizations: OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
- DOWN EAST ENTERPRISE (ROUTE 1 in ROCKPORT, ME)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: ALLEN FERNALD (CONTACT/OWNER)
- HAAS PHOTOGRAPHIC CNTR (70 CAMDEN ST in ROCKPORT, ME)
HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
TRANSPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: DAVID H LYMAN (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: HAAS CENTER
- ROCKPORT SNOW DUMP (101 MAIN ST in ROCKPORT, ME)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Alternative names: ROCKPORT, TOWN OF
- CAMDEN PRINTING INC (6 ROCKPORT PARK CENTER in ROCKPORT, ME)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: GEORGE & KATHERINE TRIPP (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
- DOOBIES AUTO BODY & SERVICE (RTE 90 in ROCKPORT, ME)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: ROBERT DOUCETTE (CONTACT/OWNER)
- YANKEE STRIPPER (RTE 90 in ROCKPORT, ME)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
- ROCKPORT ELEMENTRY (WEST STREET in ROCKPORT, ME)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
- SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOL (132 CAMDEN ST in ROCKPORT, ME)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,122
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
|
|
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (81%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
|
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1730
- Northeast: 914
- Midwest: 145
- South: 183
- West: 129
61% of the 04856 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Maine.
Population in 1990: 1,421. Population change in the 1990s: +1,806 (+127.1%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 53
| Here: | 14.6% | | Maine: | 6.9% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 16.1% | | Maine: | 8.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 23.5% | | Maine: | 28.3% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
|
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- AVOCET SYSTEMS, INC (120 UNION ST in ROCKPORT, ME; small business)
$12,985 with Navy for Circuit Breakers. Signed on 2005-02-01. Completion date: 2005-02-18.
- MICRO-METRICS, INC (17 CR INDUSTRIAL WAY in ROCKPORT, ME; small business)
$12,831 with Defense Logistics Agency for Semiconductor Devices and Associated Hardware. Signed on 2005-11-08. Completion date: 2006-03-14.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (500-999 employees: 1 establishment)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (100-249: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 5)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (20-49: 2, 10-19: 3, 5-9: 5, 1-4: 15)
- Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (100-249: 1, 5-9: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49: 3, 10-19: 3, 5-9: 2, 1-4: 1)
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Landscaping Services (50-99: 2, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 3)
- Construction: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (10-19: 4, 5-9: 3, 1-4: 5)
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Office Administrative Services (50-99: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Information: Periodical Publishers (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.)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Back to Rockport, ME, Knox County, ME, Maine bigger cities, Maine smaller cities, Maine smallest towns, All U.S. cities.
|