Damariscotta vs Waldoboro

A side-by-side comparison of Damariscotta and Waldoboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waldoboro has the higher population (1,487 vs 1,172 in Damariscotta). Waldoboro has the higher median household income ($66,290 vs $63,696 in Damariscotta). Damariscotta has the higher median home value ($387,200 vs $277,200 in Waldoboro).

Population, income & housing

	Damariscotta	Waldoboro
Population	1,172	1,487
Median age	50.0 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,696	$66,290
Median home value	$387,200	$277,200
Median gross rent	$1,016	—
Housing units	600	920
Homeownership rate	63.4%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Damariscotta	Waldoboro
Population	1,269 → 1,172 (-7.6%)	1,295 → 1,487 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $63,696 (+6.2%)	$16,932 → $66,290 (+291.5%)
Median home value	$288,300 → $387,200 (+34.3%)	$180,300 → $277,200 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $1,016 (+19.2%)	$342 → $333 (-2.6%)

Damariscotta

Population

1,2691,172

Median household income

$60,000$63,696

Median home value

$288,300$387,200

Median gross rent

$852$1,016

Waldoboro

Population

1,2951,487

Median household income

$16,932$66,290

Median home value

$180,300$277,200

Median gross rent

$342$333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Damariscotta	Waldoboro
Under 5	4.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	4.5%
18 to 24	3.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	6.8%	17.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	19.4%	19.5%
75 and over	14.9%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Damariscotta	Waldoboro
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Damariscotta	Waldoboro
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	27.0%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Damariscotta	Waldoboro
Drove alone	75.4%	88.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Damariscotta	Waldoboro
1-unit, detached	57.8%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	9.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Damariscotta	Waldoboro
Poverty rate	23.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.13	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1969	1967