Franklin County vs Lincoln County

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

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

Lincoln County has the higher population (35,840 vs 30,145 in Franklin County). Lincoln County has the higher median household income ($72,026 vs $58,522 in Franklin County). Lincoln County has the higher median home value ($306,200 vs $176,700 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Lincoln County
Population	30,145	35,840
Median age	46.1 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,522	$72,026
Median home value	$176,700	$306,200
Median gross rent	$759	$1,003
Housing units	21,089	23,810
Homeownership rate	77.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Lincoln County
Population	29,982 → 30,145 (+0.5%)	34,201 → 35,840 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$51,422 → $58,522 (+13.8%)	$57,720 → $72,026 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$139,800 → $176,700 (+26.4%)	$215,400 → $306,200 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $759 (+19.5%)	$819 → $1,003 (+22.5%)

Franklin County

Population

29,98230,145

Median household income

$51,422$58,522

Median home value

$139,800$176,700

Median gross rent

$635$759

Lincoln County

Population

34,20135,840

Median household income

$57,720$72,026

Median home value

$215,400$306,200

Median gross rent

$819$1,003

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Lincoln County
Under 5	4.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	16.9%
75 and over	9.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	72.7%	75.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.5%	11.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	75.3%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	11.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1978	1977