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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Southwest Harbor, ME Bar Harbor, ME, Blue Hill - Surry Area, ME, Gouldsboro & Winter Harbor, ME, Hancock - Lamoine Area, ME, Mount Desert, ME, Sedgwick - Brooksville Area, ME, Southwest Harbor, ME, Swans Island, ME
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density), 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 Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2 or no 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, Quiet, Artsy/funky, Urban Sophisticates |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Seniors (people 65 and over), some Mixed ages, some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 8 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Middle income (near average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Sales & Service workers, some Executive, managerial & professional, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Farmers, foresters, or fishers |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some French speaking |
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Southwest Harbor Appreciation Rates
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About Southwest Harbor
Southwest 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 1,966 people and just one neighborhood, Southwest Harbor is the 214th largest community in Maine.
Southwest Harbor is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Southwest Harbor is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Southwest Harbor who work in sales jobs (16.58%), office and administrative support jobs (15.60%), and management occupations (6.93%).
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Southwest Harbor, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Southwest Harbor are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities. This is certainly the case with Southwest Harbor, which has a vibrant tourist economy.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Southwest Harbor spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.88 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Southwest Harbor is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Southwest Harbor Information and Demographics
In terms of college education, Southwest Harbor is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.58% of adults in Southwest Harbor have a college degree.
The per capita income in Southwest Harbor in 2000 was $21,509, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,036 for a family of four.
The people who call Southwest Harbor home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Southwest Harbor is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Southwest Harbor include English, Irish, German, French, Scotch-Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Southwest Harbor is English.
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