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Lewiston city, Maine: commercial real estate data.
Lewiston city is a Census city of 38,324 people across 34.15 square miles of land, in Androscoggin County. Median household income is $55,393, 51.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 50 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $16.6 m.
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Lewiston
What Lewiston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area34.15 sq mi
- Water area1.39 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,122
- County holding the largest share of its areaAndroscoggin County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewiston
How many people live in Lewiston
- Population38,324
- Median age37.3
- Population under 187,886
- Share under 1820.6 percent
- Population 65 and over7,031
- Share 65 and over18.3 percent
- Households16,099
- Family households8,750
- Share of households that are families54.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewiston
Income and work in Lewiston
- Median household income$55,393
- Per capita income$30,979
- Civilian labor force19,126
- Employed18,214
- Unemployed912 plus or minus 231
- Unemployment rate4.8 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over25,363
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewiston
Housing in Lewiston
- Housing units17,105
- Occupied units16,099
- Vacant units1,006 plus or minus 259
- Vacancy rate5.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Owner occupied8,236
- Renter occupied7,863
- Ownership rate51.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$235,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$986
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.4 percent
- Single family units7,671
- Share single family44.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more8,763
- Share in buildings of two or more51.2 percent
- Mobile homes671 plus or minus 170
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewiston
How Lewiston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute15,745
- Commuting under 15 minutes8,051
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,479
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.4 percent
- Drove alone66.5 percent
- Carpooled11.8 percent
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked6.9 percent
- Worked from home12.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lewiston
SBA 7(a) lending to Lewiston borrowers
- Approvals50
- Gross approval$16,637,100
- Average approval$332,742
- Median approval$91,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported524
- Jobs per approval10.5
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full10
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more22.0 percent
- Share to franchises8.0 percent
- Distinct lenders13
- Distinct industries by NAICS30
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lewiston
SBA 504 lending to Lewiston borrowers
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$7,972,000
- Average approval$569,429
- Median approval$479,000
- Largest approval$1,451,000
- Jobs supported200
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Androscoggin County, not Lewiston
Androscoggin County context, not Lewiston figures
These are Androscoggin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lewiston measurements.
- Establishments in Androscoggin County2,877
- Employment at those establishments, Androscoggin County42,629
- Covered employment, Androscoggin County48,676
- Average annual pay, Androscoggin County$58,507
- Average weekly wage, Androscoggin County$1,125
- Housing units permitted, Androscoggin County346
- Of those, single family, Androscoggin County263
- County product, 2024, Androscoggin County$7,049,945,000
- County product change over the prior year, Androscoggin County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Androscoggin County$51,981
Every figure in this section is published for Androscoggin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lewiston. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lewiston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lewiston, Maine?
38,324, in 16,099 households. Lewiston city covers 34.15 square miles of land, which is 1,122 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lewiston in?
Androscoggin County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lewiston?
$55,393. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $235,100. Median gross rent is $986 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lewiston businesses?
50 7(a) approvals totalling $16.6 m, across 13 lenders, median approval $91,900, plus 14 504 approvals worth $8.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lewiston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lewiston borrowers get paid back?
Of the 10 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Lewiston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Androscoggin County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lewiston.
Is zoning published for Lewiston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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