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04457

Lincoln, ME · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
5,823
Median household income
$56,645
People below poverty
15%
Median home value
$146,300

Income

The median income of households in 04457 was $56,645. An estimated 12.9% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 1.8% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 12.9
$10,000 to $14,999 2.9
$15,000 to $24,999 5.9
$25,000 to $34,999 11.9
$35,000 to $49,999 9.8
$50,000 to $74,999 28.2
$75,000 to $99,999 6.6
$100,000 to $149,999 14.5
$150,000 to $199,999 5.5
$200,000 or more 1.8

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 40847
Female 43018

An estimated 60% of households received earnings. An estimated 51.9% of households received Social Security and an estimated 36.4 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $19,181. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 60
Social Security 51.9
Retirement income 36.4
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 8.3
Cash public assistance income 9

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 15 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 22.4% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 20.8% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 10.4% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 15
Children under 18 years below poverty 22.4
People 65 years old and over below poverty 20.8
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 10.4

In 2020-2024, 25.4 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 20.4% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 72.3% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 44.5% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 04457 in 2020-2024, 93.8% had health insurance coverage and 6.2% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 61% and public coverage was 52.5%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0.8%.


In 2020-2024, 04457 had a total population of 5,823 - 3,034 (52.1%) females and 2,789 (47.9%) males. The median age was 52 years. An estimated 12.8% of the population was under 18 years, 26.4% was 19 to 44 years, 30.1% was 45 to 64 years, and 29.8 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 04457 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 97 88
5 to 9 89 151
10 to 14 146 71
15 to 19 55 102
20 to 24 124 226
25 to 29 147 66
30 to 34 230 193
35 to 39 182 140
40 to 44 105 129
45 to 49 100 249
50 to 54 270 305
55 to 59 65 125
60 to 64 393 242
65 to 69 294 337
70 to 74 312 266
75 to 79 102 146
80 to 84 51 157
85 and over 27 41

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 96.3% were White; 0% were Black or African American; 26.7% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0.3% were Asian; 0% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 2.9% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 0.7% of the people in 04457 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 96.2% of the people in 04457 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 2,745 households in 04457. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Married-couple households made up 44% of the households in 04457 while cohabiting couple households made up 6.4% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 33.2% of all households, while 16.5% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 14.6% of households were male householders living alone, and 19.5% were female householders living alone, for a total of 34.1% of all households.

In 04457, 14.6% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 50.7% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 44
Cohabiting Couples 6.4
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
16.5
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
33.2

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 48.8% of males and 44.9% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 31.1 20.7
Now married, except separated 48.8 44.9
Separated 1.1 2.5
Widowed 3.7 10.2
Divorced 15.2 21.7

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 04457, 36 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 41.7% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 97.4% of the people living in 04457 were U.S. natives. 73.3% of the 04457 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 2.6% of 04457 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 79.3% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 92 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 04457 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 04457.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 7.3
Asia 16
Europe 24.7
Africa 0
Northern America 52
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 04457 in 2020-2024, 1.1 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 0% of people at least five years old; 0.9% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 0
Other Indo-European languages 0.9
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.2
Other languages 0

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 93.2 % of the people at least one year old living in 04457 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 93.2
Different house, same county 5.4
Different county, same state 0
Different state 1.3
Abroad 0

Education

In 2020-2024, 93.9 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 19.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 6.1% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 04457 was 716 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 17 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 571. College or graduate school enrollment was 128.

Educational Attainment of People in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 6.1
High school diploma or equivalency 38.1
Some college, no degree 24.2
Associate's degree 12.3
Bachelor's degree 13
Graduate or professional degree 6.3

Disability

In 04457, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 24 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 1.1% of people under 18 years old, to 20.3% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 41.4% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 04457, 52 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 44.9% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 78.2% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 16.4% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 5.4 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 2,100 78.2
Federal, state, or local government workers 440 16.4
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 144 5.4

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 04457 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 5.8
Construction 9.6
Manufacturing 10
Wholesale trade 0
Retail trade 13.6
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 4.8
Information 1.2
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 2
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 7.5
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 26.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 6.8
Other Services, except public administration 7.1
Public administration 5

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 04457 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 981 36.5
Service occupations 497 18.5
Sales and office occupations 461 17.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 258 9.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 487 18.1

Commuting to Work

An estimated 82.4% of 04457 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 6.1% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 25.4 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 82.4
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 6.1
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 5.9
Other means 1.7
Worked from home 3.9

In 2020-2024, 04457 had a total of 3,456 housing units. Of these housing units, 76.1% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 16.3% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 6.7% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 76.1
Apartments in multi-unit structures 16.3
Mobile homes 6.7
Boat, RV, van, etc 0.9

8% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 10.8% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 04457 was 5.4 rooms, and of these housing units 46.8% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 04457 had 2,745 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 711 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 73.8% while renters occupied 26.2%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.17 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.91.

3.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 15.3% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 8% and another 19% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 04457:

House Heating Fuel Used in 04457 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 7.5
Electricity 9.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 68.3
All other fuels 14.8
No fuel used 0

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 04457 was $146,300.

Of the owner-occupied households, 40.6 % had a mortgage. 59.4% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,327 and for owners without a mortgage it was $480.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 04457 was $663. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.