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Population (year 2000): 1,966. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,983 (+0.9% change)
Males: 936 (47.6%), Females: 1,030 (52.4%)
Hancock County
Median resident age: 42.4 years
Median household income: $36,555 (year 2000)
Median house value: $121,600 (year 2000)
Races in Southwest Harbor:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (29.0%), Irish (13.5%),
German (10.8%), United States (10.0%), French (7.7%),
Scotch-Irish (5.1%).
Elevation: 468 feet
For population 25 years and over in Southwest Harbor
- High school or higher: 82.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 32.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.3%
- Unemployed: 5.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Southwest Harbor town
- Never married: 22.9%
- Now married: 55.6%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 9.7%
- Divorced: 10.3%
1.2% Foreign born
Hospitals/medical centers near Southwest Harbor:
- MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; BAR
HARBOR, ME)
- BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; BLUE
HILL, ME)
- MAINE COAST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles;
ELLSWORTH, ME)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Southwest Harbor:
- BANGOR INTL (about 50 miles; BANGOR, ME; ID: BGR)
- BRUNSWICK NAS (about 115 miles; BRUNSWICK, ME; ID:
NHZ)
- PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (about 144 miles; PORTLAND,
ME; ID: PWM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Southwest Harbor:
- HANCOCK COUNTY-BAR HARBOR (about 11 miles; BAR
HARBOR, ME; ID: BHB)
- BANKS (about 11 miles; SWANS ISLAND, ME; ID: ME5)
- BLUE HILL (about 20 miles; BLUE HILL, ME; ID: 07B)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Southwest Harbor:
- UNIVERSITY OF MAINE (about 55 miles; ORONO, ME;
Full-time enrollment: 8,590)
- UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT AUGUSTA (about 100 miles;
AUGUSTA, ME; FT enrollment: 3,172)
- UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON (about 128 miles;
FARMINGTON, ME; FT enrollment: 2,229)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE (about 142 miles;
PORTLAND, ME; FT enrollment: 7,381)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (about
158 miles; BIDDEFORD, ME; FT enrollment: 2,251)
- SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE (about 159 miles; STANDISH,
ME; FT enrollment: 2,376)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-MAIN CAMPUS (about 199
miles; DURHAM, NH; FT enrollment: 12,586)
Library in Southwest Harbor:
- SOUTHWEST HARBOR PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $178,465; Location: 338 MAIN STREET; 28,911
books; 811 audio materials; 306 video materials; 100
serial subscriptions)
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