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Newcastle, ME

1,913 Population
29.1 square miles 65.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±7 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

$49,095 ±$7,657 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $45,631 ±$2,174
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
$89,868 ±$33,322 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

3.5% ±1.6% (66  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lincoln County: 7.9% † 2,793 (±1.3% / ±471)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)

17.3 minutes ±6.5 (14,605  ±3,608) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lincoln County: 23.3 335,835 (±0.7 / ±18,696)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

806 ±140 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 16,592 ±391
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
2.3 ±0.6 (1,867  ±322) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.1 35,323 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076

3.4% ±3.5% (13  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lincoln County: 5.1% † 331 (±2.2% / ±146)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)

Housing

1,000 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 23,922 ±91
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671

$398,000 ±$40,802 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $332,700 ±$10,292
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876

8.1% ±3.8% (154  ±76.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 7.7% † 2,744 (±1.2% / ±422.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)

Social

96.5% ±20.8% (1,326  ±197.2) 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)
45.1% ±2% (620  ±100.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 40.2% 11,269 (±2.3% / ±635.9)
  • about 25 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

1.8% ±1.5% (35  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 2.2% 786
  • about half the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448

11.6% ±6.7% (183  ±110) 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)
183 Total veterans ±110 183 Male ±110 N/A Female ±11

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