Lake Arrowhead vs York Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Arrowhead and York Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

York Harbor has the higher population (3,853 vs 3,273 in Lake Arrowhead). York Harbor has the higher median household income ($91,675 vs $84,221 in Lake Arrowhead). York Harbor has the higher median home value ($561,700 vs $226,400 in Lake Arrowhead).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arrowhead	York Harbor
Population	3,273	3,853
Median age	31.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,221	$91,675
Median home value	$226,400	$561,700
Median gross rent	$2,120	$1,258
Housing units	1,217	1,890
Homeownership rate	95.1%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arrowhead	York Harbor
Population	3,067 → 3,273 (+6.7%)	2,522 → 3,853 (+52.8%)
Median household income	$77,031 → $84,221 (+9.3%)	$67,639 → $91,675 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$167,100 → $226,400 (+35.5%)	$391,300 → $561,700 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,325 → $2,120 (+60.0%)	$906 → $1,258 (+38.9%)

Lake Arrowhead

Population

3,0673,273

Median household income

$77,031$84,221

Median home value

$167,100$226,400

Median gross rent

$1,325$2,120

York Harbor

Population

2,5223,853

Median household income

$67,639$91,675

Median home value

$391,300$561,700

Median gross rent

$906$1,258

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	York Harbor
Under 5	10.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	14.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	6.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	4.1%	13.2%
75 and over	1.6%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	York Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	6.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Arrowhead	York Harbor
No high school diploma	4.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	50.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	York Harbor
Drove alone	81.5%	71.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	24.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arrowhead	York Harbor
1-unit, detached	99.0%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arrowhead	York Harbor
Poverty rate	14.3%	6.1%
Average household size	3.23	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	38	20
Median year structure built	1996	1970