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Lincoln County, ME

35,840 Population
455.9 square miles 78.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$44,739 ±$2,380 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$72,026 ±$4,617 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

8.5% ±1.3% (2,985  ±457) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.7 minutes ±0.9 (346,840  ±17,830) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

16,201 ±435 Number of households
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (35,122  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4% ±1.3% (262  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

23,810 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$306,200 ±$14,704 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.7% ±1.3% (3,090  ±456) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.9% ±3.4% (26,241  ±935.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
40% ±2.1% (11,076  ±568.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% (686  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

11% ±0.9% (3,278  ±281) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,278 Total veterans ±281 3,112 Male ±275 166 Female ±64

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