Boothbay Harbor vs Wiscasset

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

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

Wiscasset has the higher population (1,273 vs 948 in Boothbay Harbor). Wiscasset has the higher median household income ($91,477 vs $57,679 in Boothbay Harbor). Boothbay Harbor has the higher median home value ($339,300 vs $281,700 in Wiscasset).

Population, income & housing

	Boothbay Harbor	Wiscasset
Population	948	1,273
Median age	58.5 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,679	$91,477
Median home value	$339,300	$281,700
Median gross rent	$677	$1,517
Housing units	955	650
Homeownership rate	74.3%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boothbay Harbor	Wiscasset
Population	1,152 → 948 (-17.7%)	1,220 → 1,273 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$48,819 → $57,679 (+18.1%)	$28,828 → $91,477 (+217.3%)
Median home value	$223,300 → $339,300 (+51.9%)	$207,500 → $281,700 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $677 (-2.2%)	$734 → $1,517 (+106.7%)

Boothbay Harbor

Population

1,152948

Median household income

$48,819$57,679

Median home value

$223,300$339,300

Median gross rent

$692$677

Wiscasset

Population

1,2201,273

Median household income

$28,828$91,477

Median home value

$207,500$281,700

Median gross rent

$734$1,517

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Wiscasset
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.0%	8.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	15.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	4.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	2.8%	24.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	20.7%	14.9%
75 and over	20.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Wiscasset
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	90.7%
Black or African American	2.7%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boothbay Harbor	Wiscasset
No high school diploma	12.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	27.6%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Wiscasset
Drove alone	63.8%	86.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boothbay Harbor	Wiscasset
1-unit, detached	66.1%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Boothbay Harbor	Wiscasset
Poverty rate	21.0%	7.5%
Average household size	1.86	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	13	19
Median year structure built	1957	1975