Boothbay Harbor vs Damariscotta

A side-by-side comparison of Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Damariscotta has the higher population (1,172 vs 948 in Boothbay Harbor). Damariscotta has the higher median household income ($63,696 vs $57,679 in Boothbay Harbor). Damariscotta has the higher median home value ($387,200 vs $339,300 in Boothbay Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Boothbay Harbor	Damariscotta
Population	948	1,172
Median age	58.5 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,679	$63,696
Median home value	$339,300	$387,200
Median gross rent	$677	$1,016
Housing units	955	600
Homeownership rate	74.3%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boothbay Harbor	Damariscotta
Population	1,152 → 948 (-17.7%)	1,269 → 1,172 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$48,819 → $57,679 (+18.1%)	$60,000 → $63,696 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$223,300 → $339,300 (+51.9%)	$288,300 → $387,200 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $677 (-2.2%)	$852 → $1,016 (+19.2%)

Boothbay Harbor

Population

1,152948

Median household income

$48,819$57,679

Median home value

$223,300$339,300

Median gross rent

$692$677

Damariscotta

Population

1,2691,172

Median household income

$60,000$63,696

Median home value

$288,300$387,200

Median gross rent

$852$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Damariscotta
Under 5	2.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	6.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	2.8%	6.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	20.7%	19.4%
75 and over	20.0%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Damariscotta
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	86.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.1%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boothbay Harbor	Damariscotta
No high school diploma	12.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Damariscotta
Drove alone	63.8%	75.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	13.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Damariscotta
1-unit, detached	66.1%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	13.5%
20 or more units	6.5%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boothbay Harbor	Damariscotta
Poverty rate	21.0%	23.2%
Average household size	1.86	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	13	15
Median year structure built	1957	1969