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Damariscotta, ME

2,192 Population
12.4 square miles 176.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.3 ±8.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 51.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,644 ±$7,582 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $45,631 ±$2,174
  • a little less than the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
$59,423 ±$11,165 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lincoln County: $76,875 ±$4,640
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795

11.9% ±6.2% (247  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 7.9% † 2,793 (±1.3% / ±471)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)

23.2 minutes ±4.4 (16,805  ±5,354) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lincoln County: 23.3 335,835 (±0.7 / ±18,696)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

988 ±157 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 16,592 ±391
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
2.1 ±0.5 (2,048  ±312) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.1 35,323 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076

4.9% ±6.5% (19  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Lincoln County: 5.1% † 331 (±2.2% / ±146)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)

Housing

1,302 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 23,922 ±91
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671

$363,500 ±$41,988 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $332,700 ±$10,292
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876

1.8% ±2.1% (38  ±46.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lincoln County: 7.7% † 2,744 (±1.2% / ±422.7)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)

Social

96.4% ±3.3% (1,650  ±234.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lincoln County: 95% 26,607 (±3.5% / ±990.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
41.9% ±6.2% (718  ±144.5) 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)

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

2.7% ±2% (60  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 2.2% 786
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448

11.9% ±5.7% (211  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 10.8% † 3,241 (±1.3% / ±375)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
211 Total veterans ±104 211 Male ±104 N/A Female ±11

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