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Wiscasset, ME

1,273 Population
3.9 square miles 326.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 51.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$41,003 ±$10,154 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $44,739 ±$2,380
  • about the same as the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$91,477 ±$25,638 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $72,026 ±$4,617
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

7.5% ±5.3% (90  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 8.5% † 2,985 (±1.3% / ±457)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

19.5 minutes ±18.1 (12,440  ±7,999) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 23.7 346,840 (±0.9 / ±17,830)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

533 ±141 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 16,201 ±435
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.2 ±0.7 (1,184  ±490) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lincoln County: 2.2 35,122 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

650 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 23,810 ±50
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$281,700 ±$48,086 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $306,200 ±$14,704
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

28.2% ±9.7% (359  ±189.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Lincoln County: 8.7% † 3,090 (±1.3% / ±456)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

92.8% ±12.5% (901  ±275.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
39.2% ±12.6% (381  ±161.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as 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

1.7% ±3% (22  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 1.9% 686
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

2.3% ±2.3% (27  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Lincoln County: 11% 3,278 (±0.9% / ±281)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
27 Total veterans ±29 27 Male ±29 N/A Female ±11

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