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Boothbay Harbor town, Lincoln County, ME

2,043 Population
5.7 square miles 358.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.6 ±5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 51.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$46,080 ±$10,920 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $44,739 ±$2,380
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$62,031 ±$11,592 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $72,026 ±$4,617
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

13.7% ±5.4% (267  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 8.5% † 2,985 (±1.3% / ±457)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

14.9 minutes ±5.1 (9,210  ±2,232) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Lincoln County: 23.7 346,840 (±0.9 / ±17,830)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

998 ±122 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 16,201 ±435
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2 ±0.1 (1,952  ±270) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 2.2 35,122 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

2.2% ±3% (8  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Lincoln County: 4% † 262 (±1.3% / ±86)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

2,150 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 23,810 ±50
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$368,900 ±$66,043 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $306,200 ±$14,704
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

10.8% ±4.1% (220  ±88.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 8.7% † 3,090 (±1.3% / ±456)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

92.6% ±16.5% (1,535  ±183.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lincoln County: 94.9% 26,241 (±3.4% / ±935.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
44.6% ±4.6% (740  ±124.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 40% 11,076 (±2.1% / ±568.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.7% ±2.6% (95  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lincoln County: 1.9% 686
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

11.2% ±3.6% (198  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lincoln County: 11% 3,278 (±0.9% / ±281)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
198 Total veterans ±69 170 Male ±65 28 Female ±24

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