ZIP 04217 · Bethel
Who lives in ZIP code 04217 (Bethel, ME): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Bethel, ME · Oxford County
uszips 2026
People3,387
Median age52.1
Household income$61,125
Home value$332,255
Median rent$880/mo
Poverty12.7%
College degree+36.9%
Commute28 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 7 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,588
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
29.4% are 65 or older; 84.3% are adults.
Household income
35.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $37,973.
Education (adults 25+)
46.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
0.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 52.1%
- Never married
- 28.8%
- Divorced
- 13.3%
- Widowed
- 5.8%
- Family size
- 2.61
- Dual-income families
- 48.0%
Housing
- Own their home
- 83.1%
- Rent burden
- 19.3%
- Men / women
- 53% / 47%
Work
- In labor force
- 62.3%
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 11.8%
- With a disability
- 14.1%
- No health insurance
- 11.9%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.