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Bar Harbor, ME

2,154 Population
3.2 square miles 678.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±17.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 48.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,268 ±$7,147 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hancock County: $38,785 ±$1,354
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $39,718 ±$394
$46,917 ±$16,815 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hancock County: $64,149 ±$1,941
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $68,251 ±$611

19.1% ±8.7% (360  ±176) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hancock County: 10.9% † 5,949 (±1.2% / ±641)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.9% 145,491 (±0.3% / ±4,297)

11.6 minutes ±2.8 (11,205  ±3,755) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Hancock County: 24.6 595,715 (±0.9 / ±28,564)
  • about half the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,349,275 (±0.2 / ±177,381)

Families

874 ±174 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 24,660 ±594
  • Maine: 580,172 ±2,103
2.1 ±0.6 (1,842  ±336) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hancock County: 2.2 54,176 (±0.1 / ±54)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,330,035

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,515 ±285 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 40,298 ±68
  • Maine: 741,803 ±273

$469,300 ±$105,022 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Hancock County: $250,900 ±$8,568
  • nearly double the amount in Maine: $244,800 ±$1,967

21.4% ±11.3% (461  ±,254.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Hancock County: 11% † 6,101 (±1.4% / ±,795.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 11.9% 161,288 (±0.3% / ±4,368.7)

Social

95.1% ±8.6% (1,348  ±,271.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 95.1% 40,292 (±2.8% / ±1,205.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.1% 946,201 (±0.7% / ±7,039.3)
45.5% ±9.5% (645  ±,177.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 36.6% 15,513 (±1.8% / ±742)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 34.1% 343,262 (±0.4% / ±4,318.4)

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

7.6% ±5.4% (164  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hancock County: 2.8% 1,552
  • about double the rate in Maine: 3.8% 51,907

4.1% ±2.9% (77  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Hancock County: 8.6% 4,012 (±0.8% / ±367)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 9% 100,610 (±0.2% / ±2,070)
77 Total veterans ±55 77 Male ±55 N/A Female ±11

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