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Damariscotta, ME

1,172 Population
3.5 square miles 339.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50 ±14.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lincoln County: 51.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$45,484 ±$11,722 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lincoln County: $44,739 ±$2,380
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$63,696 ±$16,622 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $72,026 ±$4,617
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

23.2% ±13.7% (243  ±152) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lincoln County: 8.5% † 2,985 (±1.3% / ±457)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

15 minutes ±6.8 (5,210  ±3,009) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Lincoln County: 23.7 346,840 (±0.9 / ±17,830)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

476 ±91 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 16,201 ±435
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.1 ±0.2 (1,015  ±216) 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

7.3% ±9.6% (13  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Lincoln County: 4% † 262 (±1.3% / ±86)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

600 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 23,810 ±50
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$387,200 ±$92,883 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $306,200 ±$14,704
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

4.4% ±4.8% (51  ±55.6) 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

95.4% ±8% (820  ±159.6) 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)
43.8% ±10.3% (377  ±110.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 40% 11,076 (±2.1% / ±568.1)
  • about 25 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

3.5% ±3.3% (41  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Lincoln County: 1.9% 686
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

10.7% ±8.3% (96  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lincoln County: 11% 3,278 (±0.9% / ±281)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
96 Total veterans ±76 96 Male ±76 N/A Female ±11

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