Blue Hill vs Ellsworth

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

Blue Hill 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 1,066 in Blue Hill). Blue Hill has the higher median home value ($343,000 vs $214,500 in Ellsworth). Since 2019, Blue Hill's population has grown faster (+18.3% vs +7.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Hill	Ellsworth
Population	1,066	8,550
Median age	52.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,990
Median home value	$343,000	$214,500
Median gross rent	—	$955
Housing units	877	4,964
Homeownership rate	54.4%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Hill	Ellsworth
Population	901 → 1,066 (+18.3%)	7,991 → 8,550 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$68,523 → $46,589 (-32.0%)	$53,324 → $70,990 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$285,600 → $343,000 (+20.1%)	$178,400 → $214,500 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $827 (+10.0%)	$787 → $955 (+21.3%)

Blue Hill

Population

9011,066

Median household income

$68,523$46,589

Median home value

$285,600$343,000

Median gross rent

$752$827

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)

	Blue Hill	Ellsworth
Under 5	3.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	4.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	0.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	24.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	18.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	5.0%	11.5%
75 and over	21.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Hill	Ellsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Hill	Ellsworth
No high school diploma	20.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	23.7%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	5.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	39.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Hill	Ellsworth
Drove alone	62.3%	73.1%
Carpooled	17.8%	12.6%
Public transit	4.7%	1.1%
Walked	15.2%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Hill	Ellsworth
1-unit, detached	56.0%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	30.4%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Blue Hill	Ellsworth
Poverty rate	13.2%	8.5%
Average household size	1.82	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1971	1978