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About Bangor
City in Maine, United StatesBangor ( BANG-gor) is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's third-most populous city, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121). Bangor is known as the "Queen City". Modern Bangor was established in the mid-19th century with the lumber and shipbuilding industries. Due to the city's location on the Penobscot River, logs could be floated downstream from the Maine North Woods and processed at the city's water-powered sawmills, then shipped from Bangor's port to the Atlantic Ocean 30 miles (48 km) downstream, and from there to any port in the world. Evidence of this is still visible in the …
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Housing in Bangor
The typical Bangor home is worth about $289,000, up 1.1% in a year, 31% below the Maine typical home.
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Safety in Bangor
Safety Grade D
Bangor reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 89% report less.
Schools in Bangor
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The public schools Bangor’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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