Estimated median household income in 2007: $45,926
| This zip code: | $45,926 | | Maine: | $45,888 |
Nearest zip codes: 04847, 04864, 04574, 04949, 04973, 04572.
Housing units in zip code 04862 with a mortgage: 420 (22 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 175
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,014
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $359
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 10.3% | | Whole state: | 12.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 5.1% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 5.9 | | State: | 5.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.1 | | State: | 4.1 |
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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable location: Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Miller Cemetery (1), Clark Cemetery (2), Pine Grove Cemetery (3), Weymouth Cemetery (4), Hart Cemetery (5), Village Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Pool, The (A), Crawford Pond (B), Newbert Pond (C), Mill Pond (D), Mill Stream (E), Pettengill Marsh (F), Appleton Ridge Pond (G), Sennebec Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Harriet Brook (A), Fish Brook (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 32
- 1995 to 1998: 126
- 1990 to 1994: 158
- 1980 to 1989: 304
- 1970 to 1979: 282
- 1960 to 1969: 127
- 1950 to 1959: 75
- 1940 to 1949: 21
- 1939 or earlier: 481
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Union, ME (04862): |
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- no bedroom: 3
- 1 bedrooms: 31
- 2 bedrooms: 334
- 3 bedrooms: 558
- 4 bedrooms: 175
- 5 or more bedrooms: 51
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 4
- 1 bedrooms: 56
- 2 bedrooms: 72
- 3 bedrooms: 37
- 4 bedrooms: 20
- 5 or more bedrooms: 4
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Vehicles available in 04862 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 24
- 1 vehicle: 277
- 2 vehicles: 590
- 3 vehicles: 203
- 4 vehicles: 37
- 5 or more vehicles: 21
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 18
- 1 vehicle: 91
- 2 vehicles: 65
- 3 vehicles: 10
- 4 vehicles: 7
- 5 or more vehicles: 2
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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 04862:
- Less than $10,000: 2
- $10,000 to $14,999: 1
- $15,000 to $19,999: 2
- $20,000 to $24,999: 3
- $25,000 to $29,999: 5
- $30,000 to $34,999: 9
- $35,000 to $39,999: 7
- $40,000 to $49,999: 13
- $50,000 to $59,999: 16
- $60,000 to $69,999: 17
- $70,000 to $79,999: 15
- $80,000 to $89,999: 14
- $90,000 to $99,999: 28
- $100,000 to $124,999: 100
- $125,000 to $149,999: 141
- $150,000 to $174,999: 209
- $175,000 to $199,999: 119
- $200,000 to $249,999: 155
- $250,000 to $299,999: 124
- $300,000 to $399,999: 115
- $400,000 to $499,999: 55
- $500,000 to $749,999: 34
- $750,000 to $999,999: 3
- $1,000,000 or more: 4
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 04862:
- Less than $100: 5
- $150 to $199: 4
- $200 to $249: 3
- $250 to $299: 10
- $300 to $349: 7
- $350 to $399: 8
- $400 to $449: 13
- $450 to $499: 13
- $500 to $549: 4
- $550 to $599: 6
- $600 to $649: 12
- $650 to $699: 4
- $800 to $899: 7
- No cash rent: 37
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $217,806.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $168,534
- Two or more races householders: $349,946
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $121,314
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $176,265 (it was $94,800 in 2000)
| 04862: | $176,265 | | Maine: | $176,000 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $105,896 - $245,475
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $229,003| Here: | $229,003 | | State: | $240,738 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $280,428| Here: | $280,428 | | State: | $259,290 |
In 2-unit structures: $272,963| Here: | $272,963 | | State: | $237,097 |
Mobile homes: $50,171| Here: | $50,171 | | State: | $42,332 |
Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $17,500| Here: | $17,500 | | State: | $81,046 |
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: 1,312
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 39
- Mobile homes: 198
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 1,350 (79%)
- Carpooled: 191 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 3 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 26 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 123 (7%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 70
- 5 to 9 minutes: 92
- 10 to 14 minutes: 78
- 15 to 19 minutes: 180
- 20 to 24 minutes: 297
- 25 to 29 minutes: 197
- 30 to 34 minutes: 341
- 35 to 39 minutes: 62
- 40 to 44 minutes: 63
- 45 to 59 minutes: 113
- 60 to 89 minutes: 43
- 90 or more minutes: 57
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 75.5%
Household type by relationship
Households: 3,446
- In family households: 2,998 (776 male householders, 210 female householders)
811 spouses, 1,032 children (956 natural, 19 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 21 other relatives, 103 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 448 (164 male householders (115 living alone)), 195 female householders (167 living alone)), 89 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 41 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 458 2-persons, 200 3-persons, 195 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 282 1-person, 69 2-persons, 8 3-persons.
704 married couples with children.
164 single-parent households (51 men, 113 women).
97.9% of residents of 04862 zip code speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% very well, 35% well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% very well, 15% well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).
Foreign born population: 77 (2.2%)
(33.8% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 2.2% | | Whole state: | 2.9% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (26%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (14%)
- Jamaica (8%)
- Other Northern Europe (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- Romania (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 13
- 1990 to 1994: 6
- 1985 to 1989: 15
- 1980 to 1984: 2
- 1975 to 1979: 5
- 1970 to 1974: 6
- 1970 to 1974: 6
- 1965 to 1969: 24
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White population: 3,445
Black population: 7
American Indian population: 5
Asian population: 4
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 1
Two or more races population: 32

First ancestries reported:
|  English: 613 |
|  United States or American: 363 |
|  Irish: 274 |
|  German: 220 |
|  French (except Basque): 167 |
|  Other groups: 134 |
|  Scottish: 132 |
|  Italian: 127 |
|  French Canadian: 98 |
|  Finnish: 74 |
|  Swedish: 63 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 57 |
|  Polish: 34 |
|  Canadian: 28 |
|  Czech: 26 |
|  British: 26 |
|  Norwegian: 22 |
|  Danish: 21 |
|  European: 19 |
|  Portuguese: 18 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 12 |
|  Jamaican: 12 |
|  Russian: 11 |
|  Dutch: 11 |
|  Welsh: 10 |
|  Greek: 8 |
|  Eastern European: 7 |
|  Armenian: 7 |
|  Belgian: 7 |
|  Lithuanian: 7 |
|  Ukrainian: 7 |
|  Hungarian: 6 |
|  Romanian: 4 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 2 |
|  Scandinavian: 2 |
|  Brazilian: 2 |
|  Slovak: 2 |
|  Celtic: 2 |
|  Swiss: 2 |
|  Austrian: 2 |
|  Northern European: 2 |
|  Lebanese: 2 |
|  Arab:: 2 |
|  Alsatian: 2 |

Facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- APPLETON VILLAGE SCHOOL (737 UNION ROAD in APPLETON, ME)
(Geographic Names Information System)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-01402
Organizations: APPLETON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- MIC MAC MARKET (994 HEALD HWY (RTE 17) in UNION, ME)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2001-0111, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
- DRAGON PRODUCTS CO (OLD RTE 17 in UNION, ME)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: PASSAMAQUODDY PROP (CONTACT/OWNER)
- NEW ENGLAND TELE CO (COGGINS HILL in UNION, ME)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
- COASTAL BLUEBERRY (61 COMMON ROAD in UNION, ME)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
Median worth of mobile homes: $73,163
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (73%)
- Wood (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity (2%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2251
- Northeast: 845
- Midwest: 85
- South: 115
- West: 85
63% of the 04862 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Maine.
Population in 1990: 3,853. Population change in the 1990s: -359 (-9.3%).
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: | 12.1% | | Maine: | 6.9% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 11.1% | | Maine: | 8.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 9.0% | | Maine: | 28.3% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (20-49 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (20-49: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (10-19: 2)
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Professional Employer Organizations (10-19: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
- Wholesale Trade: Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Child Day Care Services (5-9: 2)
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.)
41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
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