Blue Hill vs Bucksport

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

Blue Hill 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 1,066 in Blue Hill). Blue Hill has the higher median home value ($343,000 vs $193,800 in Bucksport). Since 2019, Bucksport's population has grown faster (+19.7% vs +18.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Hill	Bucksport
Population	1,066	3,140
Median age	52.5 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,644
Median home value	$343,000	$193,800
Median gross rent	—	$780
Housing units	877	1,529
Homeownership rate	54.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Hill	Bucksport
Population	901 → 1,066 (+18.3%)	2,624 → 3,140 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$68,523 → $46,589 (-32.0%)	$29,922 → $58,644 (+96.0%)
Median home value	$285,600 → $343,000 (+20.1%)	$141,100 → $193,800 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $827 (+10.0%)	$334 → $780 (+133.5%)

Blue Hill

Population

9011,066

Median household income

$68,523$46,589

Median home value

$285,600$343,000

Median gross rent

$752$827

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)

	Blue Hill	Bucksport
Under 5	3.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	4.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	0.4%	4.0%
45 to 54	24.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	18.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	5.0%	18.0%
75 and over	21.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Hill	Bucksport
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Hill	Bucksport
No high school diploma	20.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	23.7%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	5.1%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	39.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Hill	Bucksport
Drove alone	62.3%	56.2%
Carpooled	17.8%	34.6%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Hill	Bucksport
1-unit, detached	56.0%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Blue Hill	Bucksport
Poverty rate	13.2%	13.9%
Average household size	1.82	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1971	1972