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Wiscasset CDP, Maine: commercial real estate data.
Wiscasset CDP is a Census CDP of 898 people across 3.90 square miles of land, in Lincoln County. Median household income is $90,147, 84.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $488,500.
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Wiscasset
What Wiscasset is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area3.9 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land230 plus or minus 57
- County holding the largest share of its areaLincoln 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.
Wiscasset
How many people live in Wiscasset
- Population898 plus or minus 224
- Median age58.4
- Population under 1829 plus or minus 43
- Share under 183.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Population 65 and over278 plus or minus 141
- Share 65 and over31.0 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Households526 plus or minus 144
- Family households143 plus or minus 69
- Share of households that are families27.2 percent plus or minus 10.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wiscasset
Income and work in Wiscasset
- Median household income$90,147 plus or minus $21,134
- Per capita income$56,480
- Civilian labor force417 plus or minus 171
- Employed417 plus or minus 171
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over869 plus or minus 223
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.6 percent plus or minus 21.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher42.2 percent plus or minus 16.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.5 percent plus or minus 12.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wiscasset
Housing in Wiscasset
- Housing units601 plus or minus 148
- Occupied units526 plus or minus 144
- Vacant units75 plus or minus 86
- Vacancy rate12.5 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Owner occupied446 plus or minus 145
- Renter occupied80 plus or minus 63
- Ownership rate84.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$288,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,135
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.1 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Single family units451 plus or minus 180
- Share single family75.0 percent plus or minus 23.6
- Units in buildings of two or more136 plus or minus 100
- Share in buildings of two or more22.6 percent plus or minus 15.6
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 21
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wiscasset
How Wiscasset gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute294 plus or minus 137
- Commuting under 15 minutes98 plus or minus 92
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.3 percent plus or minus 27.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more131 plus or minus 100
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.6 percent plus or minus 27.1
- Drove alone63.5 percent plus or minus 17.1
- Carpooled7.0 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home29.5 percent plus or minus 18.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wiscasset
SBA 7(a) lending to Wiscasset borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$488,500
- Average approval$122,125
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$219,000
- Largest approval$219,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wiscasset
SBA 504 lending to Wiscasset borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$5,790,000
- Average approval$1,447,500
- Median approval$664,000
- Largest approval$4,443,000
- Jobs supported24
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lincoln County, not Wiscasset
Lincoln County context, not Wiscasset figures
These are Lincoln County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wiscasset measurements.
- Establishments in Lincoln County1,383
- Employment at those establishments, Lincoln County9,608
- Covered employment, Lincoln County11,252
- Average annual pay, Lincoln County$53,238
- Average weekly wage, Lincoln County$1,024
- Housing units permitted, Lincoln County155
- Of those, single family, Lincoln County155
- County product, 2024, Lincoln County$1,810,924,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lincoln County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lincoln County$113,387
Every figure in this section is published for Lincoln County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wiscasset. 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
Wiscasset questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wiscasset, Maine?
898, in 526 households. Wiscasset CDP covers 3.90 square miles of land, which is 230 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wiscasset in?
Lincoln 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 Wiscasset?
$90,147. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $288,700. Median gross rent is $1,135 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wiscasset businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $488,500, across 4 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $5.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wiscasset, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wiscasset borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wiscasset. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Wiscasset figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lincoln 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 Wiscasset.
Is zoning published for Wiscasset?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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