Waldoboro vs Wiscasset

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

Waldoboro and Wiscasset 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 1,273 in Wiscasset). Wiscasset has the higher median household income ($91,477 vs $66,290 in Waldoboro). Wiscasset has the higher median home value ($281,700 vs $277,200 in Waldoboro).

Population, income & housing

	Waldoboro	Wiscasset
Population	1,487	1,273
Median age	53.6 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,290	$91,477
Median home value	$277,200	$281,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,517
Housing units	920	650
Homeownership rate	56.5%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waldoboro	Wiscasset
Population	1,295 → 1,487 (+14.8%)	1,220 → 1,273 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$16,932 → $66,290 (+291.5%)	$28,828 → $91,477 (+217.3%)
Median home value	$180,300 → $277,200 (+53.7%)	$207,500 → $281,700 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$342 → $333 (-2.6%)	$734 → $1,517 (+106.7%)

Waldoboro

Population

1,2951,487

Median household income

$16,932$66,290

Median home value

$180,300$277,200

Median gross rent

$342$333

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)

	Waldoboro	Wiscasset
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	2.2%	15.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	4.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	17.5%	24.4%
55 to 64	18.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	19.5%	14.9%
75 and over	10.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waldoboro	Wiscasset
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waldoboro	Wiscasset
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	37.1%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waldoboro	Wiscasset
Drove alone	88.2%	86.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waldoboro	Wiscasset
1-unit, detached	46.1%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	5.1%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Waldoboro	Wiscasset
Poverty rate	5.5%	7.5%
Average household size	1.68	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1967	1975