Northeast Harbor vs Southwest Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Northeast Harbor and Southwest Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southwest Harbor has the higher population (563 vs 410 in Northeast Harbor). Northeast Harbor has the higher median household income ($102,500 vs $31,518 in Southwest Harbor). Northeast Harbor has the higher median home value ($604,200 vs $407,700 in Southwest Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Northeast Harbor	Southwest Harbor
Population	410	563
Median age	52.6 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$102,500	$31,518
Median home value	$604,200	$407,700
Median gross rent	$1,348	$903
Housing units	520	644
Homeownership rate	71.6%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.4%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	21.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northeast Harbor	Southwest Harbor
Population	380 → 410 (+7.9%)	647 → 563 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $102,500 (+72.6%)	$41,646 → $31,518 (-24.3%)
Median home value	$562,500 → $604,200 (+7.4%)	$327,500 → $407,700 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,348 (+53.0%)	$413 → $903 (+118.6%)

Northeast Harbor

Population

380410

Median household income

$59,375$102,500

Median home value

$562,500$604,200

Median gross rent

$881$1,348

Southwest Harbor

Population

647563

Median household income

$41,646$31,518

Median home value

$327,500$407,700

Median gross rent

$413$903

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northeast Harbor	Southwest Harbor
Under 5	2.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	1.2%
25 to 34	18.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	6.6%
55 to 64	34.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.3%	17.2%
75 and over	5.1%	23.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northeast Harbor	Southwest Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	97.0%
Black or African American	17.1%	2.1%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northeast Harbor	Southwest Harbor
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	20.7%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northeast Harbor	Southwest Harbor
Drove alone	54.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.5%
Worked from home	38.1%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northeast Harbor	Southwest Harbor
1-unit, detached	83.8%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	14.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northeast Harbor	Southwest Harbor
Poverty rate	9.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.33	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	21	9
Median year structure built	1938	1972