Lincoln is a census-designated place (CDP) consisting of the primary settlement in the town of Lincoln in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.

[2] As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 2,933 people, 1,229 households, and 802 families residing in the CDP.

There were 1,350 housing units at an average density of 183.1 per square mile (70.7/km2).

There were 1,229 households, out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families.

29.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.