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About Wiscasset
Town in Maine, United StatesWiscasset is a town in and the seat of Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The municipality is located in the state of Maine's Mid Coast region. The population was 3,742 as of the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Home to the Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset is a tourist destination noted for early architecture and as the location of Red's Eats restaurant.
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Housing in Wiscasset
The typical Wiscasset home is worth about $387,000, up 1% in a year, 7% below the Maine typical home.
Safety in Wiscasset
Safety Grade B+
Wiscasset reports less crime per resident than 67% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Maine has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Wiscasset sits closer to the middle.
Schools in Wiscasset
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The public schools Wiscasset’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 87% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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