Amherst is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

33.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 8.1% of families and 14.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 4.0% of those 65 or over.

From The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the States, Counties ... by John Hayward.

Published 1857, O Clapp:[6] From A Survey of Hancock County, Maine by Samuel Wasson, Pub.