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Westport Island town, Lincoln County, ME

796 Population
8.8 square miles 90.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.6 ±7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 51.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$47,345 ±$6,991 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $44,739 ±$2,380
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$82,396 ±$10,292 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $72,026 ±$4,617
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

5.6% ±3.8% (44  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lincoln County: 8.5% † 2,985 (±1.3% / ±457)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

29.6 minutes ±16.4 (10,345  ±3,840) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 23.7 346,840 (±0.9 / ±17,830)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

373 ±89 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 16,201 ±435
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.1 ±0.1 (793  ±194) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lincoln County: 2.2 35,122 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

4.4% ±6.4% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 4% † 262 (±1.3% / ±86)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

544 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 23,810 ±50
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$327,900 ±$86,029 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $306,200 ±$14,704
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

4.5% ±2.6% (36  ±22.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Lincoln County: 8.7% † 3,090 (±1.3% / ±456)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

92.2% ±27.4% (612  ±119) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lincoln County: 94.9% 26,241 (±3.4% / ±935.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
39% ±8% (259  ±78.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lincoln County: 40% 11,076 (±2.1% / ±568.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

3.1% ±2.4% (25  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 1.9% 686
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

12.8% ±6.2% (95  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 11% 3,278 (±0.9% / ±281)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
95 Total veterans ±51 88 Male ±50 7 Female ±6

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