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Hampden CDP, Maine: commercial real estate data.
Hampden CDP is a Census CDP of 5,161 people across 10.96 square miles of land, in Penobscot County. Median household income is $112,228, 83.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.3 m.
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Hampden
What Hampden is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area10.96 sq mi
- Water area0.67 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land471
- County holding the largest share of its areaPenobscot County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hampden
How many people live in Hampden
- Population5,161
- Median age41.1
- Population under 181,203 plus or minus 429
- Share under 1823.3 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Population 65 and over962 plus or minus 256
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households1,982
- Family households1,479
- Share of households that are families74.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hampden
Income and work in Hampden
- Median household income$112,228
- Per capita income$53,153
- Civilian labor force2,881
- Employed2,838
- Unemployed43 plus or minus 50
- Unemployment rate1.5 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over3,704
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher47.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.3 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hampden
Housing in Hampden
- Housing units2,118
- Occupied units1,982
- Vacant units136 plus or minus 106
- Vacancy rate6.4 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Owner occupied1,657
- Renter occupied325 plus or minus 146
- Ownership rate83.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$285,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,133 plus or minus $375
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Single family units1,801
- Share single family85.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more317 plus or minus 185
- Share in buildings of two or more15.0 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hampden
How Hampden gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,227
- Commuting under 15 minutes858 plus or minus 292
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.5 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more406 plus or minus 186
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.2 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Drove alone78.1 percent
- Carpooled5.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home16.1 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hampden
SBA loans in Hampden (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$2,250,000
- Average approval$450,000
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$1,000,000
- Jobs supported39
- Jobs per approval7.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hampden
SBA loans in Hampden (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$737,000
- Average approval$368,500
- Median approval$406,000
- Largest approval$406,000
- Jobs supported25
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Penobscot County, not Hampden
Penobscot County context, not Hampden figures
These are Penobscot County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Hampden measurements.
- Establishments in Penobscot County4,222
- Employment at those establishments, Penobscot County60,749
- Covered employment, Penobscot County71,983
- Average annual pay, Penobscot County$55,593
- Average weekly wage, Penobscot County$1,069
- Housing units permitted, Penobscot County450
- Of those, single family, Penobscot County367
- County product, 2024, Penobscot County$9,643,476,000
- County product change over the prior year, Penobscot County5.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Penobscot County$55,736
Every figure in this section is published for Penobscot County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hampden. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Hampden questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hampden, Maine?
5,161, in 1,982 households. Hampden CDP covers 10.96 square miles of land, which is 471 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hampden in?
Penobscot County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Hampden?
$112,228. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $285,900. Median gross rent is $1,133 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hampden businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $2.3 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $737,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hampden, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hampden borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Hampden. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Hampden figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Penobscot County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Hampden.
Is zoning published for Hampden?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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