Boothbay Harbor vs Waldoboro

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

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

Waldoboro has the higher population (1,487 vs 948 in Boothbay Harbor). Waldoboro has the higher median household income ($66,290 vs $57,679 in Boothbay Harbor). Boothbay Harbor has the higher median home value ($339,300 vs $277,200 in Waldoboro).

Population, income & housing

	Boothbay Harbor	Waldoboro
Population	948	1,487
Median age	58.5 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,679	$66,290
Median home value	$339,300	$277,200
Median gross rent	$677	—
Housing units	955	920
Homeownership rate	74.3%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boothbay Harbor	Waldoboro
Population	1,152 → 948 (-17.7%)	1,295 → 1,487 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$48,819 → $57,679 (+18.1%)	$16,932 → $66,290 (+291.5%)
Median home value	$223,300 → $339,300 (+51.9%)	$180,300 → $277,200 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $677 (-2.2%)	$342 → $333 (-2.6%)

Boothbay Harbor

Population

1,152948

Median household income

$48,819$57,679

Median home value

$223,300$339,300

Median gross rent

$692$677

Waldoboro

Population

1,2951,487

Median household income

$16,932$66,290

Median home value

$180,300$277,200

Median gross rent

$342$333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Waldoboro
Under 5	2.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	6.0%	4.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	2.8%	17.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	20.7%	19.5%
75 and over	20.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Waldoboro
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	98.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boothbay Harbor	Waldoboro
No high school diploma	12.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	27.6%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Waldoboro
Drove alone	63.8%	88.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Waldoboro
1-unit, detached	66.1%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	6.5%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Boothbay Harbor	Waldoboro
Poverty rate	21.0%	5.5%
Average household size	1.86	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	13	27
Median year structure built	1957	1967