Boothbay Harbor vs Newcastle

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

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

Boothbay Harbor has the higher population (948 vs 621 in Newcastle). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($76,389 vs $57,679 in Boothbay Harbor). Newcastle has the higher median home value ($417,700 vs $339,300 in Boothbay Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Boothbay Harbor	Newcastle
Population	948	621
Median age	58.5 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,679	$76,389
Median home value	$339,300	$417,700
Median gross rent	$677	$1,042
Housing units	955	331
Homeownership rate	74.3%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boothbay Harbor	Newcastle
Population	1,152 → 948 (-17.7%)	512 → 621 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$48,819 → $57,679 (+18.1%)	$36,563 → $76,389 (+108.9%)
Median home value	$223,300 → $339,300 (+51.9%)	$309,400 → $417,700 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $677 (-2.2%)	$775 → $1,042 (+34.5%)

Boothbay Harbor

Population

1,152948

Median household income

$48,819$57,679

Median home value

$223,300$339,300

Median gross rent

$692$677

Newcastle

Population

512621

Median household income

$36,563$76,389

Median home value

$309,400$417,700

Median gross rent

$775$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Newcastle
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.0%	7.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	14.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	3.1%
45 to 54	2.8%	19.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	21.6%
65 to 74	20.7%	11.9%
75 and over	20.0%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Newcastle
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	95.2%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boothbay Harbor	Newcastle
No high school diploma	12.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	27.6%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Newcastle
Drove alone	63.8%	33.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	38.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	21.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Newcastle
1-unit, detached	66.1%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	6.5%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Boothbay Harbor	Newcastle
Poverty rate	21.0%	2.9%
Average household size	1.86	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	13	10
Median year structure built	1957	1991