Newcastle vs Waldoboro

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

Newcastle 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 621 in Newcastle). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($76,389 vs $66,290 in Waldoboro). Newcastle has the higher median home value ($417,700 vs $277,200 in Waldoboro).

Population, income & housing

	Newcastle	Waldoboro
Population	621	1,487
Median age	55.0 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,389	$66,290
Median home value	$417,700	$277,200
Median gross rent	$1,042	—
Housing units	331	920
Homeownership rate	74.8%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcastle	Waldoboro
Population	512 → 621 (+21.3%)	1,295 → 1,487 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$36,563 → $76,389 (+108.9%)	$16,932 → $66,290 (+291.5%)
Median home value	$309,400 → $417,700 (+35.0%)	$180,300 → $277,200 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,042 (+34.5%)	$342 → $333 (-2.6%)

Newcastle

Population

512621

Median household income

$36,563$76,389

Median home value

$309,400$417,700

Median gross rent

$775$1,042

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)

	Newcastle	Waldoboro
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	7.1%	4.5%
18 to 24	14.7%	2.2%
25 to 34	6.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	3.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	19.0%	17.5%
55 to 64	21.6%	18.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	19.5%
75 and over	16.4%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcastle	Waldoboro
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcastle	Waldoboro
No high school diploma	1.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	34.8%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcastle	Waldoboro
Drove alone	33.2%	88.2%
Carpooled	38.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	3.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcastle	Waldoboro
1-unit, detached	81.6%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	6.3%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Newcastle	Waldoboro
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.08	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	10	27
Median year structure built	1991	1967