Newcastle vs Wiscasset

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

Newcastle 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 621 in Newcastle). Wiscasset has the higher median household income ($91,477 vs $76,389 in Newcastle). Newcastle has the higher median home value ($417,700 vs $281,700 in Wiscasset).

Population, income & housing

	Newcastle	Wiscasset
Population	621	1,273
Median age	55.0 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,389	$91,477
Median home value	$417,700	$281,700
Median gross rent	$1,042	$1,517
Housing units	331	650
Homeownership rate	74.8%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcastle	Wiscasset
Population	512 → 621 (+21.3%)	1,220 → 1,273 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$36,563 → $76,389 (+108.9%)	$28,828 → $91,477 (+217.3%)
Median home value	$309,400 → $417,700 (+35.0%)	$207,500 → $281,700 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,042 (+34.5%)	$734 → $1,517 (+106.7%)

Newcastle

Population

512621

Median household income

$36,563$76,389

Median home value

$309,400$417,700

Median gross rent

$775$1,042

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)

	Newcastle	Wiscasset
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.1%	8.2%
18 to 24	14.7%	15.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	4.4%
35 to 44	3.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	19.0%	24.4%
55 to 64	21.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	14.9%
75 and over	16.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcastle	Wiscasset
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcastle	Wiscasset
No high school diploma	1.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	34.8%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcastle	Wiscasset
Drove alone	33.2%	86.8%
Carpooled	38.7%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	11.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcastle	Wiscasset
1-unit, detached	81.6%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	5.1%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Newcastle	Wiscasset
Poverty rate	2.9%	7.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	10	19
Median year structure built	1991	1975