Which ZIP code in Lincoln County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?

04538 (Boothbay Harbor), at 14.4%, among 12 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Lincoln County, ME

These are the 12 ZIP codes in Lincoln County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 12 with at least 1,000 residents. 04538 (Boothbay Harbor, 14.4%), 04342 (Dresden, 9.2%) and 04539 (Bristol, 8.9%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Lincoln County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Lincoln County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	04538	Boothbay Harbor	14.4%	1,810	978	1,104
2	04342	Dresden	9.2%	1,645	757	806
3	04539	Bristol	8.9%	1,456	628	461
4	04348	Jefferson	8.6%	3,484	1,232	1,430
5	04553	Newcastle	8.1%	1,913	806	869
6	04578	Wiscasset	7.9%	4,709	2,249	2,155
7	04556	Edgecomb	6.8%	1,251	539	569
8	04555	Nobleboro	5.6%	1,906	836	850
9	04537	Boothbay	3.7%	1,685	856	541
10	04572	Waldoboro	3.0%	5,253	2,582	2,317
11	04353	Whitefield	2.6%	2,115	917	983
12	04543	Damariscotta	1.8%	2,192	988	909

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 12 of 27 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

New residents are still choosing a dentist, a gym, a pizza place and a lawn service. ZIP codes with high turnover give a welcome offer more people to work on each year.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 4,401 households, on 13 carrier routes with 4,670 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Lincoln County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 04538 (Boothbay Harbor), at 14.4%, among 12 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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