Moose River, Maine
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Population change since 2000: -0.5%
Males: 108 | (49.5%) |
Females: 110 | (50.5%) |
Median resident age: | 45.6 years |
Maine median age: | 43.0 years |
Zip codes: 04945.
Moose River: | $55,092 |
ME: | $69,543 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $28,664 (it was $13,644 in 2000)
Moose River town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $159,992 (it was $60,000 in 2000)
Moose River: | $159,992 |
ME: | $290,600 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $190,782; detached houses: $204,176; townhouses or other attached units: $200,500; in 2-unit structures: $144,246; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $441,593; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $270,949; mobile homes: $101,406; occupied boats, rvs, vans, etc.: $711,279
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Moose River, ME
- 20895.4%White alone
- 83.7%Hispanic
- 20.9%American Indian alone
Races in Moose River detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
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Ancestries: French (38.4%), Irish (35.2%), English (22.4%), German (13.7%), French Canadian (12.3%), Scottish (5.9%).
Current Local Time: EST time zone
Incorporated on 10/07/1957
Elevation: 1187 feet
Land area: 40.6 square miles.
Population density: 5.4 people per square mile (very low).
7 residents are foreign born (2.7% North America, 0.5% Europe).
This town: | 3.2% |
Maine: | 2.9% |
Moose River town: | 0.8% ($507) |
Maine: | 1.5% ($1,417) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Portland, ME (140.0 miles , pop. 64,249).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (236.8 miles , pop. 589,141).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (381.8 miles , pop. 1,332,650).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 45.69 N, Longitude: 70.23 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 207
Here: | 1.9% |
Maine: | 3.4% |
- Accommodation & food services (27.7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (16.0%)
- Wood products (10.1%)
- Health care (10.1%)
- Educational services (9.2%)
- Food & beverage stores (5.9%)
- Fuel dealers (3.4%)
- Accommodation & food services (23.4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (21.9%)
- Wood products (18.8%)
- Educational services (10.9%)
- Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers (4.7%)
- Construction (3.1%)
- Food & beverage stores (3.1%)
- Accommodation & food services (32.7%)
- Health care (21.8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (9.1%)
- Food & beverage stores (9.1%)
- Educational services (7.3%)
- Public administration (5.5%)
- Machinery, equipment, supplies merchant wholesalers (3.6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (14.3%)
- Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (10.9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5.9%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (5.0%)
- Life and physical scientists (4.2%)
- Other material moving workers, except laborers (4.2%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (4.2%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (21.9%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (9.4%)
- Other material moving workers, except laborers (7.8%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers, including supervisors (6.2%)
- Life and physical scientists (6.2%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (6.2%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (4.7%)
- Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (23.6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9.1%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (9.1%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7.3%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5.5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5.5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5.5%)
Earthquake activity:
Moose River-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Maine state average. It is 81% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 ML, Depth: 3.0 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 187.8 miles away from the city center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MB, 4.2 MS, 5.2 MW, 5.0 MW) earthquake occurred 189.5 miles away from the city center
On 10/7/1983 at 10:18:46, a magnitude 5.3 (5.1 MB, 5.3 LG, 5.1 ML) earthquake occurred 234.7 miles away from Moose River center
On 10/16/2012 at 23:12:25, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 ML, Depth: 10.0 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 146.2 miles away from Moose River center
On 1/19/1982 at 00:14:42, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 MD, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 165.7 miles away from the city center
On 2/26/1999 at 03:38:43, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 2.0 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 90.6 miles away from Moose River center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Somerset County (24) is greater than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 16
Emergencies Declared: 7
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 14, Storms: 13, Snows: 7, Heavy Rains: 2, Hurricanes: 2, Blizzard: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Landslide: 1, Snowfall: 1, Wind: 1, Winter Storm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Moose River:
- University of Maine at Farmington (about 71 miles; Farmington, ME; Full-time enrollment: 2,036)
- Husson University (about 92 miles; Bangor, ME; FT enrollment: 2,421)
- University of Maine (about 94 miles; Orono, ME; FT enrollment: 8,931)
- University of Maine at Augusta (about 96 miles; Augusta, ME; FT enrollment: 3,204)
- Saint Joseph's College of Maine (about 130 miles; Standish, ME; FT enrollment: 2,010)
- University of Southern Maine (about 141 miles; Portland, ME; FT enrollment: 6,647)
- Southern Maine Community College (about 142 miles; South Portland, ME; FT enrollment: 4,666)
Points of interest:
Notable location: Moose River Campground (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes: Coburn Pond (A), Daymond Pond (B), Heald Pond (C), Supply Pond (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Kimball Brook (A), Heald Inlet (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Drinking water stations with addresses in Moose River and their reported violations in the past:
MOOSE RIVER CAMPGROUND (Population served: 112, Groundwater):Past monitoring violations:
- 7 routine major monitoring violations
- 4 regular monitoring violations
This town: | 2.3 people |
Maine: | 2.3 people |
This town: | 65.3% |
Whole state: | 62.9% |
This town: | 9.5% |
Whole state: | 9.4% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
This town: | 7.3% |
Whole state: | 10.9% |
This town: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
6 people in other workers' dormitories in 2000
For population 15 years and over in Moose River:
- Never married: 24.1%
- Now married: 60.1%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 3.0%
- Divorced: 10.3%
For population 25 years and over in Moose River:
- High school or higher: 85.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.7%
- Unemployed: 4.0%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 9.2 minutes
Here: | 9.4 |
Maine average: | 11.2 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Moose River, ME (based on Somerset County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 3,694 | 7 |
Mainline Protestant | 3,094 | 28 |
Evangelical Protestant | 2,552 | 32 |
Other | 501 | 3 |
None | 42,387 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Somerset County: | 2.52 / 10,000 pop. |
Maine: | 2.80 / 10,000 pop. |
Somerset County: | 0.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Maine: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Somerset County: | 2.71 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.20 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 9.31 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 5.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Somerset County: | 8.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Maine: | 11.02 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 10.2% |
State: | 8.2% |
This county: | 31.7% |
Maine: | 25.0% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Moose River:
- WTME (780 AM; 10 kW; RUMFORD, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WSKW (1160 AM; 10 kW; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN WIRELESS, INCORPORATED)
- WCHP (760 AM; 35 kW; CHAMPLAIN, NY; Owner: CHAMPLAIN RADIO, INC.)
- WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WZON (620 AM; 5 kW; BANGOR, ME; Owner: THE ZONE CORPORATION)
- WICY (1490 AM; 50 kW; MALONE, NY; Owner: CARTIER COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
- WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WGY (810 AM; 50 kW; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Moose River:
- WTOS-FM (105.1 FM; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 2Number of bridges
- 10ft / 2.6mTotal length
- 410Total average daily traffic
- 20Total average daily truck traffic
- 656Total future (year 2036) average daily traffic
- 83.8%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 16.2%Wood
- 72.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 27.3%Wood
Moose River compared to Maine state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.