Lincoln vs Newport

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

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

Lincoln has the higher population (2,576 vs 1,469 in Newport). Newport has the higher median household income ($42,740 vs $33,750 in Lincoln). Newport has the higher median home value ($162,800 vs $120,200 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln	Newport
Population	2,576	1,469
Median age	61.5 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$42,740
Median home value	$120,200	$162,800
Median gross rent	$640	$896
Housing units	1,614	936
Homeownership rate	62.3%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln	Newport
Population	2,677 → 2,576 (-3.8%)	1,766 → 1,469 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$32,292 → $33,750 (+4.5%)	$30,257 → $42,740 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $120,200 (+23.2%)	$147,500 → $162,800 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $640 (+1.6%)	$723 → $896 (+23.9%)

Lincoln

Population

2,6772,576

Median household income

$32,292$33,750

Median home value

$97,600$120,200

Median gross rent

$630$640

Newport

Population

1,7661,469

Median household income

$30,257$42,740

Median home value

$147,500$162,800

Median gross rent

$723$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln	Newport
Under 5	3.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	8.2%	8.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	5.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	22.7%
65 to 74	30.4%	14.9%
75 and over	10.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln	Newport
No high school diploma	9.4%	14.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln	Newport
Drove alone	87.7%	64.1%
Carpooled	1.1%	14.2%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln	Newport
1-unit, detached	65.1%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	9.7%
20 or more units	12.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln	Newport
Poverty rate	19.9%	18.7%
Average household size	1.74	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1972	1967