 The per capita income for the town was $18,342.About 1.3% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 22.2% of those sixty five or over.In February 2017, Damascus was deemed a "speed trap" by a state judge per state statute, which presumes a city has abused its police power by ticketing drivers on a highway to produce revenues that exceed 30% of the city expenditures.