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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Bar Harbor, ME Bar Harbor, ME, Blue Hill - Surry Area, ME, Ellsworth, ME, Franklin - Sullivan Area, ME, Gouldsboro & Winter Harbor, ME, Hancock - Lamoine Area, ME, Mount Desert, ME, Southwest Harbor, ME, Swans Island, ME
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $314,991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | high cost relative to ME, medium cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density), farms, coastal |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Small apartment buildings, some Complexes/high rise apartments, some Mobile homes, a few Rowhouses & attached homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), some Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mixed owners & renters |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Nautical, Artsy/funky, Urban Sophisticates, Quiet |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Mixed ages, some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Seniors (people 65 and over), some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 9 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Middle income (near average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Sales & Service workers, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry, some East Asian |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some French speaking, some Spanish speaking |
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About Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maine. With a population of 4,820 people and just one neighborhood, Bar Harbor is the 105th largest community in Maine.
Bar Harbor is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bar Harbor is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bar Harbor who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.81%), management occupations (10.33%), and food service (8.65%).
One of the nice things about Bar Harbor is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. This is definately true of Bar Harbor, which supports a strong tourist economy.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Bar Harbor spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.90 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small town, Bar Harbor doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Bar Harbor Information and Demographics
The citizens of Bar Harbor are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 42.05% of adults in Bar Harbor have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bar Harbor in 2000 was $24,103, which is wealthy relative to Maine, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,412 for a family of four.
The people who call Bar Harbor home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bar Harbor is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bar Harbor include English, Irish, Italian, Scottish, German, Scotch-Irish, French, French Canadian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Bar Harbor is English. Some people also speak French.
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