Bangor

Population & Demographics

Bangor, ME

Bangor is home to 31,938 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 14,846 resident workers commute each day.

MaineCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
31,938
people
Population

31,938 residents

Median age 41.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Bangor population & demographics

Who lives in Bangor — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
31,938
Median age
41.0yrs
Median household income
$59,942
Median home value
$219,600
Median gross rent
$1,055/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.1%
Poverty rate
17.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Bangor

How Bangor breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White87.7%
Two or more races3.6%
Hispanic or Latino3.1%
Black2.8%
Asian1.7%
Some other race0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Bangor

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Bangor.

Bangor at a glance
Employed Residents
14,846
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
53.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Brewer
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Bangor proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Bangor commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

85 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Bangor

14,846 commutes, one dot at a time

Bangor

Where 14,846 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Bangor, by worker count.

1Bangor0.0 mi7,902
2Brewer2.1 mi1,067
3Orono7.7 mi560
4Augusta59.1 mi442
5Hampden4.4 mi293
6Portland108.0 mi238
7Ellsworth23.1 mi228
8Old Town10.3 mi209

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Bangor.

1Bangor0.0 mi7,902
2Brewer2.1 mi2,152
3Old Town10.3 mi1,331
4Hampden4.4 mi1,017
5Orono7.7 mi773
6Veazie4.1 mi386
7Milford11.7 mi344
8Portland108.0 mi340

Top industries

The sectors that employ Bangor’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance32.9%
RTRetail Trade13.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.4%
EDEducational Services5.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.7%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises4.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.0%
TRTransportation and Warehousing3.4%
COConstruction3.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Bangor

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

9 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Bangor

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).