Compare towns
Bar Harbor vs Bath vs Lamoine vs Ogunquit
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Bar Harbor has the shortest commute (20 min average).
Bath has the most renters (35.7% rent).
Ogunquit has grown the fastest since 2010 (+76.8%).
What matters to you?
Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.
| Measure | Bar Harbor | Bath | Lamoine | Ogunquit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||||
| People | ||||
| Population | 5,244 |
8,815Highest |
1,782 |
1,379Lowest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | -2.8%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
+3% ME: +2.6% |
+7.4% ME: +2.6% |
+76.8%Highest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 49.2±5.9 10% above ME |
45.4±3Lowest about the ME average |
49.6±7.3 11% above ME |
62.8±4.8Highest 40% above ME |
| Kids under 18 | 11.9%±3.8 ME: 18.1% |
15.5%±3.7Highest ME: 18.1% |
15%±3.8 ME: 18.1% |
5.7%±3.2Lowest ME: 18.1% |
| Bath and Lamoine are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||||
| Age 65+ | 25.1%±5Lowest ME: 22.4% |
25.2%±4.1 ME: 22.4% |
25.5%±3.3 ME: 22.4% |
43.6%±10.1Highest ME: 22.4% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 68.3%Highest ME: 36.2% |
42.5% ME: 36.2% |
34.9%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
63.5% ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 10.8%±2.9Highest ME: 5.8% |
5.5%±2 ME: 5.8% |
3.3%±1.7Lowest ME: 5.8% |
4.2%±2.8 ME: 5.8% |
| Cost of living | ||||
| Household incomemedian | $77,180±$26k 3% above ME |
$69,390±$12kLowest 7% below ME |
$88,542±$15k 18% above ME |
$114,259±$56kHighest 53% above ME |
| Ogunquit and Lamoine are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $538,400±$94k 82% above ME |
$310,900±$30kLowest 5% above ME |
$324,800±$43k 10% above ME |
$875,700±$79kHighest 195% above ME |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,106±$351 about the ME average |
$1,044±$116Lowest 8% below ME |
$1,174±$158Highest 3% above ME |
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| Lamoine and Bar Harbor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $4,279 41% above ME |
$3,847 27% above ME |
$2,303Lowest 24% below ME |
$4,473Highest 47% above ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 41.6%±17.6 ME: 48.4% |
51.3%±15.2Highest ME: 48.4% |
23.3%±16.4 ME: 48.4% |
0%±61.1Lowest ME: 48.4% |
| Bath and Bar Harbor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||||
| Below poverty line | 10.1% ME: 10.7% |
12.4%Highest ME: 10.7% |
8.9% ME: 10.7% |
3.2%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | ||||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 74.5% ME: 74.3% |
64.3%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
78.4% ME: 74.3% |
94.3%Highest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1985Highest 8 yrs newer than ME |
1938Lowest 39 yrs older than ME |
1983 6 yrs newer than ME |
1978 1 yr newer than ME |
| Getting to work | ||||
| Average commuteone way | 20 minLowest 20% below ME |
24 min about the ME average |
22 min 11% below ME |
26 minHighest 7% above ME |
| Work from home | 21.9%±8.9 ME: 15.9% |
19.3%±6Lowest ME: 15.9% |
21.4%±5 ME: 15.9% |
43.3%±12.4Highest ME: 15.9% |
| Schools | ||||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #2 of 133 in ME | #31 of 133 in ME | — | — |
| School district | Bar Harbor Public Schools · Mt Desert CSD | RSU 01 - LKRSU | Lamoine Public Schools | — |
| High school in town | Mt Desert Island High School | Morse High School | None in town | — |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 8.2Lowest |
14.8Highest |
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ME average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.