Bar Harbor vs Blue Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Bar Harbor and Blue Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Bar Harbor and Blue Hill are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bar Harbor has the higher population (2,311 vs 1,066 in Blue Hill). Bar Harbor has the higher median home value ($479,600 vs $343,000 in Blue Hill). Since 2019, Blue Hill's population has grown faster (+18.3% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bar Harbor	Blue Hill
Population	2,311	1,066
Median age	47.0 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	—
Median home value	$479,600	$343,000
Median gross rent	$1,084	—
Housing units	1,518	877
Homeownership rate	50.2%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.5%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bar Harbor	Blue Hill
Population	2,292 → 2,311 (+0.8%)	901 → 1,066 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$56,897 → $72,750 (+27.9%)	$68,523 → $46,589 (-32.0%)
Median home value	$327,400 → $479,600 (+46.5%)	$285,600 → $343,000 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,084 (+30.8%)	$752 → $827 (+10.0%)

Bar Harbor

Population

2,2922,311

Median household income

$56,897$72,750

Median home value

$327,400$479,600

Median gross rent

$829$1,084

Blue Hill

Population

9011,066

Median household income

$68,523$46,589

Median home value

$285,600$343,000

Median gross rent

$752$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bar Harbor	Blue Hill
Under 5	1.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	17.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	4.1%
35 to 44	6.0%	0.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	24.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	18.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	5.0%
75 and over	12.4%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bar Harbor	Blue Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bar Harbor	Blue Hill
No high school diploma	4.2%	20.9%
High school graduate	21.9%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	5.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	39.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bar Harbor	Blue Hill
Drove alone	56.8%	62.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.7%
Walked	20.3%	15.2%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bar Harbor	Blue Hill
1-unit, detached	50.7%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.1%	30.4%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	13.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bar Harbor	Blue Hill
Poverty rate	15.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.05	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	12	21
Median year structure built	1954	1971