Lincoln vs Millinocket

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

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

Millinocket has the higher population (4,111 vs 2,576 in Lincoln). Millinocket has the higher median household income ($42,936 vs $33,750 in Lincoln). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($120,200 vs $86,500 in Millinocket).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln	Millinocket
Population	2,576	4,111
Median age	61.5 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$42,936
Median home value	$120,200	$86,500
Median gross rent	$640	$555
Housing units	1,614	2,559
Homeownership rate	62.3%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln	Millinocket
Population	2,677 → 2,576 (-3.8%)	4,287 → 4,111 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$32,292 → $33,750 (+4.5%)	$32,730 → $42,936 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $120,200 (+23.2%)	$60,700 → $86,500 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $640 (+1.6%)	$511 → $555 (+8.6%)

Lincoln

Population

2,6772,576

Median household income

$32,292$33,750

Median home value

$97,600$120,200

Median gross rent

$630$640

Millinocket

Population

4,2874,111

Median household income

$32,730$42,936

Median home value

$60,700$86,500

Median gross rent

$511$555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln	Millinocket
Under 5	3.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	8.2%	10.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	5.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	19.1%	18.0%
65 to 74	30.4%	20.9%
75 and over	10.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln	Millinocket
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln	Millinocket
No high school diploma	9.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln	Millinocket
Drove alone	87.7%	75.4%
Carpooled	1.1%	12.5%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln	Millinocket
1-unit, detached	65.1%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	12.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln	Millinocket
Poverty rate	19.9%	24.8%
Average household size	1.74	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1972	1954