Mexico, Maine - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,626
Male Share of the Population	55.6%
Female Share of the Population	44.4%
Senior Citizens	25.9%
Employed Population 16+	674
Age of the Population	54

Families

% of people married	53.8%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	25.8%
Median Earnings25+	$21,426
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$25,455

Wealth

Median Family Income	$51,528
% Above Poverty Level	86.6%
% Below Poverty Level	13.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	22 minutes
% Working from Home	3.7%
% Walking and Biking to Work	3.1%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	32.3%
Median Gross Rent	$573
Median House Value	$78,500

Ancestry

French Except Basque	30.6%
Irish	18.6%
English	15.2%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	13.1%
Canadian	12.3%
Italian	9.3%
Scottish	5.4%
German	5.2%
Lithuanian	4.6%
Polish	3.6%
Swedish	2.5%
Hungarian	1%
Finnish	0.7%
Welsh	0.6%
Dutch	0.5%
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Mexico Almanac

Category	Value
County	Oxford County
Standard Zip Codes	04257
Phone Area Codes	207
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	44.56
Approximate Longitude	-70.54

Mexico Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	RUMFORD 1 SSE
Distance	2 miles
Jan Temp	7 to 27 F
Apr Temp	32 to 52 F
Jul Temp	57 to 79 F
Oct Temp	37 to 57 F
Annual Precip	44.9 inches

Station	MIDDLE DAM
Distance	23.9 miles
Jan Temp	0 to 23 F
Apr Temp	27 to 47 F
Jul Temp	53 to 76 F
Oct Temp	32 to 53 F
Annual Precip	37.7 inches

Station	RANGELEY
Distance	28.5 miles
Jan Temp	-3 to 22 F
Apr Temp	25 to 47 F
Jul Temp	52 to 76 F
Oct Temp	31 to 53 F
Annual Precip	40.6 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Dixfield	1,292	$38,750
Rumford	3,771	$42,303

Mexico Public Libraries

Mexico Free Public Library
134 MAIN STREET
Mexico, Maine
(207) 364-3281

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Mexico Public Schools

Meroby Elementary School
21 Cross Street
ZIP: 4257
(207) 364-3715
Primary
Total Enrollment 282

Mountain Valley Middle School
58 Highland Terrace
ZIP: 4257
(207) 364-7926
Middle
Total Enrollment 293

Region 9 Sch Of Applied Technology
377 River Road
ZIP: 4257
(207) 364-3764

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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