Damariscotta vs Wiscasset

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

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

Wiscasset has the higher population (1,273 vs 1,172 in Damariscotta). Wiscasset has the higher median household income ($91,477 vs $63,696 in Damariscotta). Damariscotta has the higher median home value ($387,200 vs $281,700 in Wiscasset).

Population, income & housing

	Damariscotta	Wiscasset
Population	1,172	1,273
Median age	50.0 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,696	$91,477
Median home value	$387,200	$281,700
Median gross rent	$1,016	$1,517
Housing units	600	650
Homeownership rate	63.4%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Damariscotta	Wiscasset
Population	1,269 → 1,172 (-7.6%)	1,220 → 1,273 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $63,696 (+6.2%)	$28,828 → $91,477 (+217.3%)
Median home value	$288,300 → $387,200 (+34.3%)	$207,500 → $281,700 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $1,016 (+19.2%)	$734 → $1,517 (+106.7%)

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

Wiscasset

Population

1,2201,273

Median household income

$28,828$91,477

Median home value

$207,500$281,700

Median gross rent

$734$1,517

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Damariscotta	Wiscasset
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	8.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	15.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	4.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	6.8%	24.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	19.4%	14.9%
75 and over	14.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Damariscotta	Wiscasset
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Damariscotta	Wiscasset
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Damariscotta	Wiscasset
Drove alone	75.4%	86.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Damariscotta	Wiscasset
1-unit, detached	57.8%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	5.1%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Damariscotta	Wiscasset
Poverty rate	23.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1969	1975