Lincoln, Maine.
Typical home $228,629 (+5.3% in a year). Bangor, ME metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$794 (+195%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,532 +5%
- $217,097$228,629 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $62,299 +37%
- $166,330$228,629 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Lincoln$1,200
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Lincoln, ME rose 5.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine
Lincoln, in Penobscot County, had 2,667 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Penobscot County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Penobscot County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Lincoln is a small Maine community where winters are cold and long, with January the coldest month and snow a regular part of the season. Summers are pleasantly warm, and rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount over the year. Incomes in Penobscot County run below the typical figure for the country, and more households here live below the poverty line than is usual nationally.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, the building trades, and restaurants and hotels. Among the biggest workplaces in Lincoln are RSU 67 Schools, Walmart and Colonial Health Care. Very few people work from home, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country as a whole. Across Penobscot County, jobs slipped slightly last year, and unemployment is a little higher than a year ago.
Things to do. Much of what draws people outdoors here is water and woodland, though it takes a longer drive to reach. The West Branch Penobscot River is one of the better known rivers nearby, and South Twin Lake offers lake scenery. For quiet walking and wildlife, Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area, also a longer drive away.
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- 1,485households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 21%below the poverty line
- 1%work from home
What people in Penobscot County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Penobscot County had 71,782 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 26° and lows near 3°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 59°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lincoln Sanitary District/wtp weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lincoln
- RSU 67 SchoolsSchool district205FTE
- WalmartDiscount department stores120
- Colonial Health CareAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities62
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 182 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lincoln’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Penobscot County and the Bangor, ME metro.
Lincoln home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lincoln$228,629
- Maine$412,002
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Lincoln listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Lincoln27.41%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lincoln49
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lincoln11
Zip codes with a Lincoln address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lincoln — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.