Southwest Harbor vs Winter Harbor

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

Southwest Harbor and Winter 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 321 in Winter Harbor). Winter Harbor has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $31,518 in Southwest Harbor). Southwest Harbor has the higher median home value ($407,700 vs $198,700 in Winter Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Southwest Harbor	Winter Harbor
Population	563	321
Median age	58.1 yrs	67.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,518	$54,063
Median home value	$407,700	$198,700
Median gross rent	$903	—
Housing units	644	394
Homeownership rate	26.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	21.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southwest Harbor	Winter Harbor
Population	647 → 563 (-13.0%)	286 → 321 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$41,646 → $31,518 (-24.3%)	$36,964 → $54,063 (+46.3%)
Median home value	$327,500 → $407,700 (+24.5%)	$184,400 → $198,700 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$413 → $903 (+118.6%)	$725 → $927 (+27.9%)

Southwest Harbor

Population

647563

Median household income

$41,646$31,518

Median home value

$327,500$407,700

Median gross rent

$413$903

Winter Harbor

Population

286321

Median household income

$36,964$54,063

Median home value

$184,400$198,700

Median gross rent

$725$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southwest Harbor	Winter Harbor
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	6.9%
18 to 24	1.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	1.2%
35 to 44	8.2%	5.3%
45 to 54	6.6%	5.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	17.2%	30.8%
75 and over	23.3%	24.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southwest Harbor	Winter Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.2%
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	0.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southwest Harbor	Winter Harbor
No high school diploma	1.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	29.5%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southwest Harbor	Winter Harbor
Drove alone	84.3%	71.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	4.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southwest Harbor	Winter Harbor
1-unit, detached	54.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	7.6%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Southwest Harbor	Winter Harbor
Poverty rate	12.8%	4.4%
Average household size	1.69	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	9	29
Median year structure built	1972	1974