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Bar Harbor, ME

2,311 Population
3.2 square miles 727.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±7.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hancock County: 49.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$40,527 ±$8,843 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Hancock County: $41,576 ±$1,391
  • a little less than the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$72,750 ±$32,364 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hancock County: $69,630 ±$2,902
  • about the same as the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

15.1% ±8.4% (308  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hancock County: 10.2% † 5,591 (±1.3% / ±693)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

11.6 minutes ±3 (11,610  ±4,122) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Hancock County: 24.9 593,010 (±0.8 / ±27,035)
  • about half the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

960 ±157 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 24,992 ±571
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.1 ±0.2 (1,969  ±353) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hancock County: 2.2 54,475 (±0.1 / ±64)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

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

Housing

1,518 ±280 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 40,514 ±55
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$479,600 ±$102,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Hancock County: $278,400 ±$8,117
  • nearly double the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

19.4% ±10.5% (449  ±256.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hancock County: 11.4% † 6,364 (±1.5% / ±805.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

95.8% ±25.7% (1,564  ±294.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 95% 40,608 (±2.8% / ±1,196)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
51.5% ±7.3% (840  ±200) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hancock County: 39.2% 16,754 (±1.8% / ±751)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

6.6% ±5.5% (152  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hancock County: 3% 1,683
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

5.7% ±3.7% (117  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hancock County: 8.3% 3,869 (±0.7% / ±330)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
117 Total veterans ±77 117 Male ±77 N/A Female ±11

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