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Boothbay Harbor, ME

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Boothbay Harbor, ME: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,080. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BOOTHBAY-HARBOR-ME · Boothbay Harbor, ME 1 ZIPs · 2,080 pop · #19400/25278 · Lincoln County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $56,500
  • RANK-LOWER #19400/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Damariscotta
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,080
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $388,100

Nearest income peer: Damariscotta, ME (+ $2,923 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Boothbay Harbor

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Boothbay Harbor on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Boothbay Harbor, ME sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

23rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,080
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$56,500
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($56,500 average) · poverty 18.2%. The primary code (04538) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Boothbay Harbor as a pure owner town.

Within Maine, Thomaston is the closest lower-income city and Rockland the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Boothbay Harbor.

Population concentration

Boothbay Harbor reads through its lone ZIP, 04538

2,080 ACS residents, one ZIP: 04538 is not the leading code inside Boothbay Harbor, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Boothbay Harbor's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 189 establishments, 918 employees , annual payroll $56,867k (~91 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 04538 (189 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (46) · also Accommodation and food services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Boothbay Harbor, ME

These ZIP codes sit in Lincoln County, which covers 26 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Boothbay Harbor. See the Lincoln County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Lincoln County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Boothbay Harbor, Waldoboro, Wiscasset and Jefferson among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Edgecomb marks the far end of that range at $108,750, 92% above Boothbay Harbor.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
04538 2,080 $56,500 189 165
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Boothbay Harbor roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Boothbay Harbor, .