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Wiscasset, ME

898 Population
3.9 square miles 230.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.4 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 51.4 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,480 ±$10,121 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $45,631 ±$2,174
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,147 ±$21,134 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $76,875 ±$4,640
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±7.1% (53  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 7.9% † 2,793 (±1.3% / ±471)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.6 minutes ±19.1 (6,640  ±3,479) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 23.3 335,835 (±0.7 / ±18,696)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

526 ±144 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 16,592 ±391
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.5 ±0.5 (792  ±183) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lincoln County: 2.1 35,323 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

601 ±148 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 23,922 ±91
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$288,700 ±$51,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $332,700 ±$10,292
  • a little less than the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.6% ±12.9% (167  ±122.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Lincoln County: 7.7% † 2,744 (±1.2% / ±422.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±19.9% (796  ±267.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lincoln County: 95% 26,607 (±3.5% / ±990.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
42.2% ±16.4% (367  ±170.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 40.2% 11,269 (±2.3% / ±635.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.1% ±5.2% (19  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Lincoln County: 2.2% 786
  • about half the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.6% ±2.4% (14  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lincoln County: 10.8% † 3,241 (±1.3% / ±375)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
14 Total veterans ±21 14 Male ±21 N/A Female ±11

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