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Cape Elizabeth, ME (Maine) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $638,234 (it was $187,300 in 2000)
Cape Elizabeth:

$638,234
Maine:

$290,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $415,941 - $1,009,121

Total population: 9,015 (Urban population: 8,617, Rural population: 451 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 3,724 (3,488 occupied: 3,059 owner occupied, 429 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

12%
State:

26%

Housing density: 253 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $208,289.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,857 (lower quartile is $1,280, upper quartile is over $2,000)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $4,789


Median gross rent in Cape Elizabeth, ME in 2022: $1,999

Housing units in Cape Elizabeth with a mortgage: 1,924 (154 second mortgage, 372 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 829

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Cape Elizabeth, Maine Age and Sex of Residents

Household type by relationship:

Households: 272,484
  • In family households: 211,393 (47,384 male householders, 23,394 female householders)
    54,885 spouses, 70,489 children (65,748 natural, 2,115 adopted, 2,626 stepchildren), 2,897 grandchildren, 1,680 brothers or sisters, 1,742 parents, foster children, 1,559 other relatives, 6,110 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 61,091 (20,346 male householders (14,215 living alone)), 26,215 female householders (20,616 living alone)), 14,530 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 9,190 (3,057 institutionalized population)

44,717 married couples with children.
13,381 single-parent households (2,889 men, 10,492 women).

94.3% of residents of Cape Elizabeth speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 617 (5.9%)
(66.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

7.5
State:

6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

3.8
State:

4.0

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  • 0no bedroom
  • 141 bedroom
  • 4282 bedrooms
  • 1,4283 bedrooms
  • 9084 bedrooms
  • 2815+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  • 20no bedroom
  • 881 bedroom
  • 1712 bedrooms
  • 1283 bedrooms
  • 224 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Cape Elizabeth in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Cape Elizabeth in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 18no vehicle
  • 7141 vehicle
  • 1,7722 vehicles
  • 4033 vehicles
  • 1204 vehicles
  • 325+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Cape Elizabeth in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Cape Elizabeth in renter-occupied apartments
  • 51no vehicle
  • 1551 vehicle
  • 1802 vehicles
  • 363 vehicles
  • 74 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 143 rooms
  • 854 rooms
  • 3495 rooms
  • 5366 rooms
  • 6787 rooms
  • 5928 rooms
  • 8059+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  • 201 room
  • 112 rooms
  • 593 rooms
  • 994 rooms
  • 1025 rooms
  • 636 rooms
  • 377 rooms
  • 288 rooms
  • 109+ rooms
Year house built
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Cape Elizabeth, ME
Cape Elizabeth town income, earnings, and wages data

  • Cape Elizabeth, ME household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Cape Elizabeth, ME in 2022
  • 8,710Less than $10,000
  • 8,810$10,000 to $19,999
  • 13,671$20,000 to $29,999
  • 13,418$30,000 to $39,999
  • 13,855$40,000 to $49,999
  • 14,706$50,000 to $59,999
  • 18,955$60,000 to $74,999
  • 27,304$75,000 to $99,999
  • 22,267$100,000 to $124,999
  • 19,185$125,000 to $149,999
  • 25,135$150,000 to $199,999
  • 32,636$200,000 or more
Work and jobs in Cape Elizabeth: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute

Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.9%
Number of people working at home: 1,168 (22.1% of all workers)

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 143
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 394
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 760
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 934
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 869
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 236
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 407
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 34
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 6
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 60
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 96
  • 90 or more minutes: 36

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 3,580 (81.8%)
  • Carpooled: 281 (6.4%)
  • Taxi: 7 (0.2%)
  • Bicycle: 16 (0.4%)
  • Walked: 69 (1.6%)
  • Other means: 22 (0.5%)
  • Worked at home: 400 (9.1%)
Class of Workers in 2000
Races in Cape Elizabeth detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
  • 441995 to March 2000
  • 531990 to 1994
  • 201985 to 1989
  • 01980 to 1984
  • 41975 to 1979
  • 371970 to 1974
  • 191965 to 1969
  • 94Before 1965
Ancestries in Cape Elizabeth, ME

First ancestries reported:

  • English: 2,450 (21.3%)
  • Irish: 2,311 (20.1%)
  • Other: 999 (8.7%)
  • Italian: 931 (8.1%)
  • German: 884 (7.7%)
  • French: 659 (5.7%)
  • Scottish: 588 (5.1%)
  • United States: 452 (3.9%)
  • Polish: 342 (3.0%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 309 (2.7%)
  • Swedish: 264 (2.3%)
  • French Canadian: 262 (2.3%)
  • Dutch: 203 (1.8%)
  • Russian: 176 (1.5%)
  • Czech: 104 (0.9%)
  • Danish: 98 (0.9%)
  • Norwegian: 94 (0.8%)
  • Hungarian: 63 (0.5%)
  • Portuguese: 52 (0.5%)
  • Welsh: 51 (0.4%)
  • Greek: 50 (0.4%)
  • Lithuanian: 44 (0.4%)
  • Slovak: 31 (0.3%)
  • Ukrainian: 31 (0.3%)
  • Arab: 27 (0.2%)
  • Swiss: 20 (0.2%)
  • West Indian: 6 (0.05%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

United Kingdom
Cape Elizabeth:

18.8% (51)
Maine:

7.8% (2,856)

Canada
Cape Elizabeth:

13.3% (36)
Maine:

41.4% (15,199)

Other Eastern Europe
Cape Elizabeth:

12.2% (33)
Maine:

1.6% (601)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Cape Elizabeth:

8.5% (23)
Maine:

2.5% (900)

Germany
Cape Elizabeth:

6.6% (18)
Maine:

5.9% (2,150)

Argentina
Cape Elizabeth:

5.5% (15)
Maine:

0.2% (59)

Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Cape Elizabeth:

5.2% (14)
Maine:

0.4% (151)

Russia
Cape Elizabeth:

4.4% (12)
Maine:

1.5% (551)

Iran
Cape Elizabeth:

4.4% (12)
Maine:

0.3% (118)

Korea
Cape Elizabeth:

3.3% (9)
Maine:

1.5% (565)

Hungary
Cape Elizabeth:

3.0% (8)
Maine:

0.4% (141)

Italy
Cape Elizabeth:

2.2% (6)
Maine:

1.1% (412)

Portugal
Cape Elizabeth:

2.2% (6)
Maine:

0.5% (177)

Yugoslavia
Cape Elizabeth:

2.2% (6)
Maine:

0.3% (113)

Hong Kong
Cape Elizabeth:

2.2% (6)
Maine:

0.3% (125)

Brazil
Cape Elizabeth:

2.2% (6)
Maine:

0.5% (201)

Greece
Cape Elizabeth:

1.8% (5)
Maine:

0.6% (234)

Other South Central Asia
Cape Elizabeth:

1.8% (5)
Maine:

0.5% (168)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 4,172
  • Other state: 4,529
  • Northeast: 3,008
  • Midwest: 675
  • South: 579
  • West: 267

65% of Cape Elizabeth residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 13% lived in Maine.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 10
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 23
  • 9th grade: 0
  • 10th grade: 6
  • 11th grade: 12
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 27
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 323
  • Less than 1 year of college: 104
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 321
  • Associate degree: 185
  • Bachelor's degree: 971
  • Master's degree: 389
  • Professional school degree: 400
  • Doctorate degree: 102
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 0
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 4
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 48
  • 9th grade: 0
  • 10th grade: 12
  • 11th grade: 18
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 41
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 529
  • Less than 1 year of college: 144
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 468
  • Associate degree: 334
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,043
  • Master's degree: 574
  • Professional school degree: 189
  • Doctorate degree: 38
Educational Attainment for Females
Cape Elizabeth marital status for males
Cape Elizabeth marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 3,190
  • One, attached: 236
  • Two: 37
  • 3 or 4: 85
  • 5 to 9: 114
  • 10 to 19: 8
  • 20 to 49: 12
  • 50 or more: 37
  • Mobile homes: 5

Median worth of mobile homes: $491,274

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.9%
Year householders moved into residence in Cape Elizabeth
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Cape Elizabeth, ME
  • 91.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 4.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 2.6%Utility gas
  • 1.0%Wood
  • 1.0%Electricity
  • 0.4%Solar energy
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Cape Elizabeth, ME
  • 58.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 20.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 13.8%Utility gas
  • 4.7%Electricity
  • 3.0%Wood

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 110
Here:

8.9%
Maine:

6.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43
Here:

6.9%
Maine:

8.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 76
Here:

22.0%
Maine:

28.3%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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