Bar Harbor vs Bucksport

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

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

Bucksport has the higher population (3,140 vs 2,311 in Bar Harbor). Bar Harbor has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $58,644 in Bucksport). Bar Harbor has the higher median home value ($479,600 vs $193,800 in Bucksport).

Population, income & housing

	Bar Harbor	Bucksport
Population	2,311	3,140
Median age	47.0 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$58,644
Median home value	$479,600	$193,800
Median gross rent	$1,084	$780
Housing units	1,518	1,529
Homeownership rate	50.2%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.5%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bar Harbor	Bucksport
Population	2,292 → 2,311 (+0.8%)	2,624 → 3,140 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$56,897 → $72,750 (+27.9%)	$29,922 → $58,644 (+96.0%)
Median home value	$327,400 → $479,600 (+46.5%)	$141,100 → $193,800 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,084 (+30.8%)	$334 → $780 (+133.5%)

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

Bucksport

Population

2,6243,140

Median household income

$29,922$58,644

Median home value

$141,100$193,800

Median gross rent

$334$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bar Harbor	Bucksport
Under 5	1.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	10.8%
18 to 24	17.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	6.0%	4.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	18.0%
75 and over	12.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bar Harbor	Bucksport
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	94.2%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bar Harbor	Bucksport
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	21.9%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bar Harbor	Bucksport
Drove alone	56.8%	56.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	34.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	9.2%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bar Harbor	Bucksport
1-unit, detached	50.7%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.1%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Bar Harbor	Bucksport
Poverty rate	15.1%	13.9%
Average household size	2.05	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	12	24
Median year structure built	1954	1972