who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males. The median income for a household in the town was $34,864, and the median income for a family was $41,188. Males had a median income of $30,479 versus $22,391 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,383. About 10.4% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.0% of those under age 18 and 18.7% of those age 65 or over. Sites of interest Mechanic Falls Historical Society The Samuel Penney House Education Mechanic Falls is part of Regional School Unit #16. Kenneth Healey is the Superintendent of Schools. Schools in this district include Elm Street School, Minot Consolidated School, Poland Community School, Bruce Whittier Middle School and Poland Regional High School. Notable people Mike Bordick, shortstop with Major League Baseball Bill Dunlop, record-setting sailor, crossed Atlantic in 9 foot Winds Will David Dunn, 18th governor of Maine Frank Haven Hall, inventor of the Hall Braille Writer and other Braille printing devices Marshall Kirk, librarian, writer Lewis L. Millett, Medal of Honor recipient, Korean War officer Freelan Oscar Stanley, inventor of the Stanley Steamer and builder of the Stanley Hotel, Maine native and Mechanic Falls schoolmaster, 1874–1881 Flora E. Strout (1867–1962), teacher and social reformer "Edward L. Thayer", who supposedly played one game for the New York Mutuals baseball team in 1876; he was listed in The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball as having been born in Mechanic Falls. The player was actually George Fair, whose pseudonym coincidentally resembled the name of Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of the classic baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" See also Grand Trunk Station (Mechanic Falls) References Further reading Genealogy Web Project – Mechanic Falls, Maine External links Town of Mechanic Falls, Maine Mechanic Falls Public Library Maine.gov – Mechanic Falls, Maine Maine Genealogy: Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine Towns in Androscoggin County, Maine Towns in Maine