Another notable thing is that Lewiston is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lewiston has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lewiston has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lewiston than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lewiston may be for you.
Lewiston is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The rate of college-level education in Lewiston is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.77% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lewiston in 2022 was $32,313, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,252 for a family of four. However, Lewiston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lewiston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lewiston residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Lewiston include German, Polish, Irish, French, and English.
The most common language spoken in Lewiston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
