Lewiston vs Lisbon Falls

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

Lewiston and Lisbon Falls 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 4,185 in Lisbon Falls). Lisbon Falls has the higher median household income ($71,513 vs $56,558 in Lewiston). Lisbon Falls has the higher median home value ($237,800 vs $214,200 in Lewiston).

Population, income & housing

	Lewiston	Lisbon Falls
Population	37,886	4,185
Median age	37.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,558	$71,513
Median home value	$214,200	$237,800
Median gross rent	$954	$1,028
Housing units	16,852	1,778
Homeownership rate	50.3%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewiston	Lisbon Falls
Population	36,095 → 37,886 (+5.0%)	4,019 → 4,185 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$44,523 → $56,558 (+27.0%)	$59,145 → $71,513 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $214,200 (+52.3%)	$145,800 → $237,800 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $954 (+27.5%)	$743 → $1,028 (+38.4%)

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 Falls

Population

4,0194,185

Median household income

$59,145$71,513

Median home value

$145,800$237,800

Median gross rent

$743$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewiston	Lisbon Falls
Under 5	6.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	12.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	18.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.2%
75 and over	8.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewiston	Lisbon Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	93.0%
Black or African American	10.9%	1.0%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewiston	Lisbon Falls
No high school diploma	10.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	39.5%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewiston	Lisbon Falls
Drove alone	68.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	13.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	7.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewiston	Lisbon Falls
1-unit, detached	43.2%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.6%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Lewiston	Lisbon Falls
Poverty rate	17.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1957	1962