PlainZIP

Newcastle, ME

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Newcastle, ME: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,752. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet NEWCASTLE-ME · Newcastle, ME 1 ZIPs · 1,752 pop · #6440/25278 · Lincoln County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $89,868
  • RANK-UPPER #6440/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Bristol
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,752
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $398,000

Nearest income peer: Bristol, ME (+ $6,243 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Newcastle

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Newcastle on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Newcastle, ME sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 25%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,752
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$89,868
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $89,868 and home value $398,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 45.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Newcastle as a pure owner town.

Within Maine, Bernard is the closest lower-income city and Bass Harbor the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Newcastle.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 04553, is all of Newcastle

There is no split to weigh here: 04553 holds every one of Newcastle's 1,752 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Newcastle's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 85 establishments, 661 employees , annual payroll $29,531k (~49 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 04553 (85 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (16) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Newcastle, ME

These ZIP codes sit in Lincoln County, which covers 26 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Newcastle. See the Lincoln County roll-up →

Newcastle sits in the upper half of Lincoln County on income: Waldoboro, Wiscasset and Jefferson report less, while Nobleboro, Edgecomb and Bristol report more. Boothbay Harbor marks the far end of that range at $56,500, 37% below Newcastle.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
04553 1,752 $89,868 85 23
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Newcastle roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Newcastle, .