Mount Desert, ME (Maine) Houses and Residents
| Mount Desert: | $557,020 |
| Maine: | $290,600 |
Total population: 2,053 (Urban population: 0, Rural population: 2,109 (28 farm, 2,081 nonfarm))
Houses: 1,900 (962 occupied: 680 owner occupied, 282 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 29% |
| State: | 26% |
Housing density: 51 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $487,314.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,088 (lower quartile is $873, upper quartile is $1,265)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,257
Median gross rent in Mount Desert, ME in 2022: $1,224
Housing units in Mount Desert with a mortgage: 260 (40 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 262
Household type by relationship:
Households: 53,242- In family households: 41,498 (10,359 male householders, 4,475 female householders)
11,849 spouses, 11,906 children (10,829 natural, 403 adopted, 674 stepchildren), 604 grandchildren, 212 brothers or sisters, 297 parents, foster children, 290 other relatives, 1,303 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 11,744 (4,265 male householders (3,191 living alone)), 5,122 female householders (4,160 living alone)), 2,357 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,176 (318 institutionalized population)
8,022 married couples with children.
2,689 single-parent households (801 men, 1,888 women).
96.7% of residents of Mount Desert speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (30% speak English well, 70% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 72 (3.1%)
(27.8% of them are naturalized citizens)
| Here: | 7.3 |
| State: | 6.1 |
| Here: | 4.2 |
| State: | 4.0 |
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Mount Desert, Maine
- 0no bedroom
- 441 bedroom
- 1362 bedrooms
- 3643 bedrooms
- 1114 bedrooms
- 255+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mount Desert, Maine
- 5no bedroom
- 471 bedroom
- 1112 bedrooms
- 703 bedrooms
- 324 bedrooms
- 175+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Mount Desert in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 19no vehicle
- 1741 vehicle
- 3352 vehicles
- 1163 vehicles
- 264 vehicles
- 105+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Mount Desert in renter-occupied apartments
- 21no vehicle
- 1691 vehicle
- 782 vehicles
- 143 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mount Desert, Maine
- 01 room
- 92 rooms
- 253 rooms
- 564 rooms
- 1615 rooms
- 1516 rooms
- 937 rooms
- 1148 rooms
- 719+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mount Desert, Maine
- 01 room
- 112 rooms
- 513 rooms
- 614 rooms
- 565 rooms
- 516 rooms
- 207 rooms
- 108 rooms
- 229+ rooms
Mount Desert, ME household income distribution
- 15,453Less than $10,000
- 28,764$10,000 to $19,999
- 29,798$20,000 to $29,999
- 29,636$30,000 to $39,999
- 29,712$40,000 to $49,999
- 29,737$50,000 to $59,999
- 37,522$60,000 to $74,999
- 56,630$75,000 to $99,999
- 40,908$100,000 to $124,999
- 27,288$125,000 to $149,999
- 30,145$150,000 to $199,999
- 31,167$200,000 or more
Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.7%
Number of people working at home: 166 (14.4% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
- Less than 5 minutes: 140
- 5 to 9 minutes: 129
- 10 to 14 minutes: 161
- 15 to 19 minutes: 182
- 20 to 24 minutes: 169
- 25 to 29 minutes: 21
- 30 to 34 minutes: 68
- 35 to 39 minutes: 9
- 40 to 44 minutes: 14
- 45 to 59 minutes: 18
- 60 to 89 minutes: 37
- 90 or more minutes: 16
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 794 (76.6%)
- Carpooled: 71 (6.8%)
- Ferryboat: 10 (1.0%)
- Walked: 80 (7.7%)
- Other means: 9 (0.9%)
- Worked at home: 73 (7.0%)
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Mount Desert, Maine
- 61995 to March 2000
- 141990 to 1994
- 01985 to 1989
- 01980 to 1984
- 01975 to 1979
- 01970 to 1974
- 41965 to 1969
- 34Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
- English: 553 (24.9%)
- Irish: 287 (12.9%)
- German: 227 (10.2%)
- United States: 191 (8.6%)
- French: 144 (6.5%)
- Scotch-Irish: 120 (5.4%)
- Other: 95 (4.3%)
- Scottish: 94 (4.2%)
- French Canadian: 80 (3.6%)
- Italian: 80 (3.6%)
- Swedish: 59 (2.7%)
- Russian: 58 (2.6%)
- Dutch: 55 (2.5%)
- Polish: 50 (2.3%)
- Welsh: 47 (2.1%)
- Norwegian: 40 (1.8%)
- Portuguese: 10 (0.5%)
- Swiss: 8 (0.4%)
- Danish: 7 (0.3%)
- Subsaharan African: 6 (0.3%)
- Lithuanian: 5 (0.2%)
- Arab: 4 (0.2%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
| Mount Desert: | 50.0% (29) |
| Maine: | 41.4% (15,199) |
| Mount Desert: | 17.2% (10) |
| Maine: | 1.5% (551) |
| Mount Desert: | 10.3% (6) |
| Maine: | 1.2% (447) |
| Mount Desert: | 8.6% (5) |
| Maine: | 0.2% (59) |
| Mount Desert: | 6.9% (4) |
| Maine: | 7.8% (2,856) |
| Mount Desert: | 6.9% (4) |
| Maine: | 1.1% (412) |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1,181
- Other state: 855
- Northeast: 544
- Midwest: 110
- South: 146
- West: 55
72% of Mount Desert residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 27% lived in Maine.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 0
- Nursery to 4th grade: 0
- 5th and 6th grade: 0
- 7th and 8th grade: 5
- 9th grade: 6
- 10th grade: 18
- 11th grade: 18
- 12th grade, no diploma: 23
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 227
- Less than 1 year of college: 23
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 93
- Associate degree: 38
- Bachelor's degree: 192
- Master's degree: 34
- Professional school degree: 15
- Doctorate degree: 34
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 0
- Nursery to 4th grade: 0
- 5th and 6th grade: 4
- 7th and 8th grade: 4
- 9th grade: 11
- 10th grade: 6
- 11th grade: 6
- 12th grade, no diploma: 29
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 232
- Less than 1 year of college: 63
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 155
- Associate degree: 38
- Bachelor's degree: 246
- Master's degree: 55
- Professional school degree: 4
- Doctorate degree: 4
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,742
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 35
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 20
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,083
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.8%
- 86.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 6.0%Wood
- 5.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.6%Electricity
- 73.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 13.5%Wood
- 10.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.8%No fuel used
- 1.1%Utility gas
Private vs. public school enrollment:
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Maine: | 6.9% |
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Maine: | 8.9% |
| Here: | 41.7% |
| Maine: | 28.3% |
