Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,433. Public schools that outperform most of Maine.
Lincolnville’s best subject grades are an A+ for schools and an A for the outdoors; its weakest is a C for incomes. Lincolnville’s July high is 77°F, below both the Maine town median (79°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). 23% of the land in Lincolnville is conserved, against 4.7% in Maine’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Camden Hills State Park, at 3,452 acres with 21.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. On the outdoors, just 14 of Maine’s 285 towns do better. Lincolnville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Lincolnville beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 15% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Lincolnville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,013 in 1810, a low of 811 in 1920, 2,312 in 2020. The archive holds 17 old photos and papers going back to 1872 and 4 maps from 1941 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Lincolnville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Lincolnville.
Its public schools are run by the Lincolnville Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnville Central SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 212 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Lincolnville for work: only 5% work in town. The average trip to work in Lincolnville is 20 minutes. The top destinations are Belfast (21%), Rockport (9%) and Islesboro (8%).
| Lincolnville | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.4% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
32 miles of trail in 10 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Camden Hills State Park | 21.9 mi | 3,452 |
| 2. Fernald's Neck Preserve | 2.4 mi | 171 |
| 3. Ducktrap River Preserve | 1.9 mi | 1,236 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lincolnville beats the Maine average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 84% of adults had a checkup this year in Lincolnville.
| Lincolnville | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lincolnville | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.7% | 14.8% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 6.2% | 7.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.5% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lincolnville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lincolnville has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Lincolnville’s January low is 12°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Lincolnville home is worth about $485,000, up 2.3% in a year, 18% above the Maine typical home. 87% of Lincolnville households own their home.
| Lincolnville | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $969 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lincolnville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi National ParkAcadia National Park4.1M visitors a year
23 mi LandmarkFort Knox
14 mi MuseumFarnsworth Art Museum
39 mi LighthousePemaquid Point Light
37 mi LighthouseBass Harbor Head Light7 mi Ski areaCamden Snow Bowl31 runs · 836 ft verticalAcadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 3.0 · Pemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bass Harbor Head Light: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Lincolnville
About 1 of every 100 Lincolnville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Where Lincolnville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 notable people were born in Lincolnville.
Town in Maine, United States
Lincolnville is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,312 at the 2020 census. Lincolnville is the mainland terminal for Maine State Ferry Service transport to Islesboro.
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5 towns share a border with Lincolnville.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnville | — | — | C+ | — | A+ | B+ |
| Northport | — | — | C+ | — | — | B+ |
| Searsmont | — | — | B | — | C | C+ |
| Camden | #28 | A− | D− | A | A | A− |
| Islesboro | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hope | — | — | C− | — | A | B+ |
Lincolnville, Northport, Searsmont and Hope have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lincolnville, Northport, Searsmont and Hope report no FBI crime data of their own. Islesboro isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lincolnville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Public schools that outperform most of Maine.
That is 6.7 years of the area's median household income ($72,782 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
Lincolnville has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places. 3 notable people were born here, including Eli Pariser and Tim Boetsch.
