Bar Harbor vs Ellsworth

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

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

Ellsworth has the higher population (8,550 vs 2,311 in Bar Harbor). Bar Harbor has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $70,990 in Ellsworth). Bar Harbor has the higher median home value ($479,600 vs $214,500 in Ellsworth).

Population, income & housing

	Bar Harbor	Ellsworth
Population	2,311	8,550
Median age	47.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$70,990
Median home value	$479,600	$214,500
Median gross rent	$1,084	$955
Housing units	1,518	4,964
Homeownership rate	50.2%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.5%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bar Harbor	Ellsworth
Population	2,292 → 2,311 (+0.8%)	7,991 → 8,550 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$56,897 → $72,750 (+27.9%)	$53,324 → $70,990 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$327,400 → $479,600 (+46.5%)	$178,400 → $214,500 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,084 (+30.8%)	$787 → $955 (+21.3%)

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

Ellsworth

Population

7,9918,550

Median household income

$53,324$70,990

Median home value

$178,400$214,500

Median gross rent

$787$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bar Harbor	Ellsworth
Under 5	1.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	17.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	6.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.5%
75 and over	12.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bar Harbor	Ellsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	91.1%
Black or African American	5.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	2.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bar Harbor	Ellsworth
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	21.9%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bar Harbor	Ellsworth
Drove alone	56.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	20.3%	6.4%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.0%
Other means	3.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bar Harbor	Ellsworth
1-unit, detached	50.7%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	29.1%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	11.3%
20 or more units	4.7%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Bar Harbor	Ellsworth
Poverty rate	15.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	12	23
Median year structure built	1954	1978