Bar Harbor vs Castine

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

Bar Harbor and Castine 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 926 in Castine). Castine has the higher median household income ($143,229 vs $72,750 in Bar Harbor). Castine has the higher median home value ($658,200 vs $479,600 in Bar Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Bar Harbor	Castine
Population	2,311	926
Median age	47.0 yrs	20.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$143,229
Median home value	$479,600	$658,200
Median gross rent	$1,084	—
Housing units	1,518	456
Homeownership rate	50.2%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.5%	86.2%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bar Harbor	Castine
Population	2,292 → 2,311 (+0.8%)	806 → 926 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$56,897 → $72,750 (+27.9%)	$138,125 → $143,229 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$327,400 → $479,600 (+46.5%)	$523,800 → $658,200 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,084 (+30.8%)	$1,125 → $850 (-24.4%)

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

Castine

Population

806926

Median household income

$138,125$143,229

Median home value

$523,800$658,200

Median gross rent

$1,125$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bar Harbor	Castine
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	8.2%
18 to 24	17.5%	57.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	1.4%
35 to 44	6.0%	1.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	5.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.6%
75 and over	12.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bar Harbor	Castine
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	5.8%	1.9%
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%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bar Harbor	Castine
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.9%	1.6%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	57.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bar Harbor	Castine
Drove alone	56.8%	29.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.3%	52.7%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	11.8%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bar Harbor	Castine
1-unit, detached	50.7%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	29.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	2.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bar Harbor	Castine
Poverty rate	15.1%	0.8%
Average household size	2.05	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	12	12
Median year structure built	1954	1965