Brewer vs Lincoln

A side-by-side comparison of Brewer and Lincoln: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brewer has the higher population (9,654 vs 2,576 in Lincoln). Brewer has the higher median household income ($51,490 vs $33,750 in Lincoln). Brewer has the higher median home value ($218,100 vs $120,200 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Brewer	Lincoln
Population	9,654	2,576
Median age	40.6 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,490	$33,750
Median home value	$218,100	$120,200
Median gross rent	$984	$640
Housing units	4,565	1,614
Homeownership rate	56.0%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewer	Lincoln
Population	9,090 → 9,654 (+6.2%)	2,677 → 2,576 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$52,174 → $51,490 (-1.3%)	$32,292 → $33,750 (+4.5%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $218,100 (+34.5%)	$97,600 → $120,200 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $984 (+13.8%)	$630 → $640 (+1.6%)

Brewer

Population

9,0909,654

Median household income

$52,174$51,490

Median home value

$162,100$218,100

Median gross rent

$865$984

Lincoln

Population

2,6772,576

Median household income

$32,292$33,750

Median home value

$97,600$120,200

Median gross rent

$630$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewer	Lincoln
Under 5	5.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	8.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	5.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	19.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	30.4%
75 and over	10.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewer	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	97.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewer	Lincoln
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	28.5%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewer	Lincoln
Drove alone	81.3%	87.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	1.1%
Public transit	0.2%	4.1%
Walked	1.6%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	1.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewer	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	53.6%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	9.5%
20 or more units	5.5%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Brewer	Lincoln
Poverty rate	17.2%	19.9%
Average household size	2.12	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1960	1972