Lewiston vs Lisbon

A side-by-side comparison of Lewiston and Lisbon: population, income, housing, and more.

Lewiston and Lisbon are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lewiston has the higher population (37,886 vs 3,453 in Lisbon). Lisbon has the higher median household income ($72,066 vs $56,558 in Lewiston). Lisbon has the higher median home value ($217,200 vs $214,200 in Lewiston).

Population, income & housing

	Lewiston	Lisbon
Population	37,886	3,453
Median age	37.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,558	$72,066
Median home value	$214,200	$217,200
Median gross rent	$954	$829
Housing units	16,852	1,533
Homeownership rate	50.3%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewiston	Lisbon
Population	36,095 → 37,886 (+5.0%)	2,946 → 3,453 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$44,523 → $56,558 (+27.0%)	$51,838 → $72,066 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $214,200 (+52.3%)	$154,800 → $217,200 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $954 (+27.5%)	$797 → $829 (+4.0%)

Lewiston

Population

36,09537,886

Median household income

$44,523$56,558

Median home value

$140,600$214,200

Median gross rent

$748$954

Lisbon

Population

2,9463,453

Median household income

$51,838$72,066

Median home value

$154,800$217,200

Median gross rent

$797$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewiston	Lisbon
Under 5	6.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	23.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.0%
75 and over	8.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewiston	Lisbon
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	10.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewiston	Lisbon
No high school diploma	10.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	39.5%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewiston	Lisbon
Drove alone	68.7%	57.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	30.8%
Other means	1.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewiston	Lisbon
1-unit, detached	43.2%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	23.6%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	6.3%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Lewiston	Lisbon
Poverty rate	17.7%	7.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1957	1984