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Lincoln County, ME

36,099 Population
455.9 square miles 79.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,631 ±$2,174 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,875 ±$4,640 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.9% ±1.3% (2,793  ±471) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

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

Families

16,592 ±391 Number of households
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (35,323  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±2.2% (331  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

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

$332,700 ±$10,292 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.7% ±1.2% (2,744  ±422.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95% ±3.5% (26,607  ±990.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.2% ±2.3% (11,269  ±635.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about 10 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

2.2% (786  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • 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

10.8% ±1.3% (3,241  ±375) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,241 Total veterans ±375 3,069 Male ±369 172 Female ±60

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