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Bath vs Blue Hill vs Naples
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Maine.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Bath has the most renters (35.7% rent).
Blue Hill has grown the fastest since 2010 (+3.9%).
Naples has the most people working from home (26.7%).
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 | Bath | Blue Hill | Naples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 8,815Highest |
2,813Lowest |
3,985 |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +3% ME: +2.6% |
+3.9%Highest ME: +2.6% |
+1.4%Lowest ME: +2.6% |
| Median age | 45.4±3Lowest about the ME average |
48.6±8.2 8% above ME |
49.8±6.8Highest 11% above ME |
| Naples and Blue Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 15.5%±3.7Lowest ME: 18.1% |
18.3%±7Highest ME: 18.1% |
15.6%±4 ME: 18.1% |
| Blue Hill and Naples are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 25.2%±4.1 ME: 22.4% |
29.6%±10.2Highest ME: 22.4% |
23.3%±5.4Lowest ME: 22.4% |
| Blue Hill and Bath are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 42.5%Highest ME: 36.2% |
38.2% ME: 36.2% |
37.9%Lowest ME: 36.2% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 5.5%±2 ME: 5.8% |
5.7%±4.6Highest ME: 5.8% |
2.7%±1.9Lowest ME: 5.8% |
| Blue Hill and Bath are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $69,390±$12kLowest 7% below ME |
$80,377±$17kHighest 8% above ME |
$78,188±$13k 5% above ME |
| Blue Hill and Naples are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $310,900±$30kLowest 5% above ME |
$399,500±$82kHighest 35% above ME |
$340,100±$48k 15% above ME |
| Blue Hill and Naples are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,044±$116 8% below ME |
$1,038±$638Lowest 9% below ME |
$1,941±$625Highest 70% above ME |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $3,847Highest 27% above ME |
$2,907 4% below ME |
$2,784Lowest 8% below ME |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 51.3%±15.2Lowest ME: 48.4% |
93.6%±27.2Highest ME: 48.4% |
59.9%±40.1 ME: 48.4% |
| Blue Hill and Naples are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 12.4%Highest ME: 10.7% |
4.7%Lowest ME: 10.7% |
9.5% ME: 10.7% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 64.3%Lowest ME: 74.3% |
79.7% ME: 74.3% |
87.5%Highest ME: 74.3% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1938Lowest 39 yrs older than ME |
1992Highest 15 yrs newer than ME |
1988 11 yrs newer than ME |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 24 min about the ME average |
21 minLowest 15% below ME |
38 minHighest 56% above ME |
| Work from home | 19.3%±6Lowest ME: 15.9% |
21%±9.5 ME: 15.9% |
26.7%±11.8Highest ME: 15.9% |
| Naples and Blue Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Schools | |||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #31 of 133 in ME | #29 of 133 in ME | #118 of 133 in ME |
| School district | RSU 01 - LKRSU | Blue Hill Public Schools | RSU 61/MSAD 61 |
| High school in town | Morse High School | None in town | Lake Region High School |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 14.8Highest |
— | 11.7Lowest |
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| Old photos in Our Story | None yet | None yet | None yet |
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.