Old Town, Maine

Old Town population, 2020 to 2024

Old Town added 80 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +53. Among 20 Maine places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by +1.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maine has 18,252 people, so Old Town is 41% of it.

Old Town covers 38.81 square miles of land and 4.43 of water, for 194 people per square mile of land. The median Maine place of 5,000+ has 548, so Old Town is less dense than the typical town.

What county Old Town is in

All of Old Town's residents live in Penobscot County, which had 156,840 residents in 2024. Old Town holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Old Town

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Old Town by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 04468, 04489. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Old Town is

The Census internal point of Old Town is at 44.954200, -68.739700. Augusta, the capital, is 68.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bangor, ME (32,446 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH, 191.3 miles away.

Daylight in Old Town

At 44.95° N, Old Town gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Old Town

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maine, measured between internal points. The closest is Bangor, 8.9 miles away, with 32,446 people.