Bar Harbor, Maine - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	2,172
Male Share of the Population	53.2%
Female Share of the Population	46.8%
Senior Citizens	13.8%
Employed Population 16+	1,064
Age of the Population	35

Families

% of people married	29.1%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	31.1%
Median Earnings25+	$28,214
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$26,389

Wealth

Median Family Income	$65,208
% Above Poverty Level	85.8%
% Below Poverty Level	14.2%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	14 minutes
% Working from Home	5%
% Walking and Biking to Work	29.7%
% Using Public Transportation	1.7%

Housing

People Living Alone	48.5%
Median Gross Rent	$831
Median House Value	$276,800

Ancestry

French Except Basque	18.8%
English	18.4%
Irish	15.5%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	12.6%
Scottish	7.6%
German	6.3%
West Indian	4.3%
Italian	3.7%
Portuguese	3.3%
Polish	3.2%
Haitian	2.4%
Canadian	2.3%
Norwegian	1.9%
Jamaican	1.9%
Dutch	1.5%
Finnish	1.4%
Bulgarian	1.2%
Russian	0.8%
Swedish	0.8%
Austrian	0.6%
Hungarian	0.6%
Czech	0.5%
Lithuanian	0.1%
Estonian	0.1%
US/American	0.1%
Danishn	0.1%
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Bar Harbor Almanac

Category	Value
County	Hancock County
Standard Zip Codes	04609
Phone Area Codes	207
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	44.38
Approximate Longitude	-68.21

Bar Harbor Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	ACADIA NATIONAL PARK
Distance	4 miles
Jan Temp	10 to 32 F
Apr Temp	32 to 53 F
Jul Temp	57 to 80 F
Oct Temp	38 to 58 F
Annual Precip	57.3 inches

Station	JONESBORO
Distance	32.8 miles
Jan Temp	8 to 28 F
Apr Temp	31 to 50 F
Jul Temp	55 to 75 F
Oct Temp	37 to 56 F
Annual Precip	51.3 inches

Station	BANGOR INTL AP
Distance	41.5 miles
Jan Temp	8 to 28 F
Apr Temp	33 to 53 F
Jul Temp	59 to 80 F
Oct Temp	38 to 57 F
Annual Precip	39.5 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Winter Harbor	284	$80,417

Bar Harbor Public Libraries

Jesup Memorial Library
34 MOUNT DESERT STREET
Bar Harbor, Maine
(207) 288-4245

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Bar Harbor Hospitals

Mount Desert Island Hospital
(Non-profit)
10 Wayman Lane
(207) 288-5081

Bar Harbor Public Schools

Conners-emerson School
11 Eagle Lake Road
ZIP: 4609
(207) 288-3631
Primary
Total Enrollment 374

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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