Estimated median household income in 2007: $44,476
| This zip code: | $44,476 | | Maine: | $45,888 |
Nearest zip codes: 04576, 04544, 04537, 04568, 04558, 04556.
Housing units in zip code 04538 with a mortgage: 379 (26 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 301
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,348
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $475
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 11.5% | | Whole state: | 12.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 4.7% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.2 | | State: | 5.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.2 | | State: | 4.1 |
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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 04538: Southport Yacht Club (A), Pier 8 (B), Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club (C), Wattons Wharf (D), Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce (E), Maine Department of Marine Resources Bigelow Laboratory (F), Maine Department of Marine Resources Aquarium (G), YMCA Building (H), Saint Andrews Hospital Medical Library (I), Hawks Nest Teen Center (J), Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Library (K), Lions Club (L). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 04538 include: Spruce Point Chapel (A), Our Lady Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Oaklawn Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Appalachie Pond (A), West Harbor Pond (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Campbell Creek (A), Meadow Brook (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 04538 include: Indiantown Preserve (1), Barrett Park (2), Fishermans Memorial Park (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post offices: Boothbay Harbor Post Office (A), East Boothbay Post Office (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 36
- 1995 to 1998: 40
- 1990 to 1994: 81
- 1980 to 1989: 293
- 1970 to 1979: 204
- 1960 to 1969: 149
- 1950 to 1959: 191
- 1940 to 1949: 154
- 1939 or earlier: 1,034
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Boothbay Harbor, ME (04538): |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 38
- 2 bedrooms: 218
- 3 bedrooms: 427
- 4 bedrooms: 128
- 5 or more bedrooms: 36
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 25
- 1 bedrooms: 89
- 2 bedrooms: 138
- 3 bedrooms: 71
- 4 bedrooms: 19
- 5 or more bedrooms: 0
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Vehicles available in 04538 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 55
- 1 vehicle: 291
- 2 vehicles: 375
- 3 vehicles: 107
- 4 vehicles: 5
- 5 or more vehicles: 14
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 61
- 1 vehicle: 149
- 2 vehicles: 106
- 3 vehicles: 8
- 4 vehicles: 0
- 5 or more vehicles: 18
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 04538:
- Less than $10,000: 7
- $10,000 to $14,999: 3
- $15,000 to $19,999: 3
- $20,000 to $24,999: 2
- $25,000 to $29,999: 2
- $30,000 to $34,999: 2
- $35,000 to $39,999: 2
- $40,000 to $49,999: 3
- $50,000 to $59,999: 2
- $60,000 to $69,999: 15
- $70,000 to $79,999: 15
- $80,000 to $89,999: 4
- $90,000 to $99,999: 9
- $100,000 to $124,999: 20
- $125,000 to $149,999: 46
- $150,000 to $174,999: 94
- $175,000 to $199,999: 85
- $200,000 to $249,999: 132
- $250,000 to $299,999: 111
- $300,000 to $399,999: 149
- $400,000 to $499,999: 54
- $500,000 to $749,999: 71
- $750,000 to $999,999: 17
- $1,000,000 or more: 27
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 04538:
- Less than $100: 8
- $100 to $149: 13
- $150 to $199: 23
- $200 to $249: 4
- $250 to $299: 3
- $300 to $349: 2
- $350 to $399: 13
- $400 to $449: 26
- $450 to $499: 22
- $500 to $549: 47
- $550 to $599: 14
- $600 to $649: 38
- $650 to $699: 27
- $700 to $749: 10
- $800 to $899: 16
- No cash rent: 39
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $177,306.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $252,335
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $139,978
- Some other race householders: $177,306
- Two or more races householders: $285,743
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $121,314
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $244,689 (it was $131,600 in 2000)
| 04538: | $244,689 | | Maine: | $176,000 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $128,977 - $328,929
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $320,166| Here: | $320,166 | | State: | $240,738 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $312,785| Here: | $312,785 | | State: | $259,290 |
In 2-unit structures: $332,910| Here: | $332,910 | | State: | $237,097 |
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $319,921| Here: | $319,921 | | State: | $258,838 |
Mobile homes: $45,142| Here: | $45,142 | | State: | $42,332 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,673
- One, attached: 48
- Two: 95
- 3 or 4: 128
- 5 to 9: 94
- 10 to 19: 25
- 20 to 49: 31
- Mobile homes: 84
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 794 (70%)
- Carpooled: 153 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 90 (8%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 71 (6%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 189
- 5 to 9 minutes: 327
- 10 to 14 minutes: 155
- 15 to 19 minutes: 92
- 20 to 24 minutes: 33
- 25 to 29 minutes: 24
- 30 to 34 minutes: 66
- 35 to 39 minutes: 8
- 40 to 44 minutes: 19
- 45 to 59 minutes: 44
- 60 to 89 minutes: 95
- 90 or more minutes: 9
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 85.3%
Household type by relationship
Households: 2,442
- In family households: 1,840 (535 male householders, 156 female householders)
557 spouses, 488 children (472 natural, 3 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 25 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 602 (214 male householders (167 living alone)), 299 female householders (265 living alone)), 89 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 81 (23 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 384 2-persons, 158 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 48 5-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 432 1-person, 78 2-persons, 3 3-persons.
326 married couples with children.
99 single-parent households (21 men, 78 women).
96.6% of residents of 04538 zip code speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% very well, 50% not well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% very well, 6% not well, 14% not at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% well).
Foreign born population: 61 (2.4%)
(52.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 2.4% | | Whole state: | 2.9% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (38%)
- Netherlands (16%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Italy (10%)
- Austria (7%)
- Russia (7%)
- Other Northern Europe (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 13
- 1990 to 1994: 9
- 1985 to 1989: 0
- 1980 to 1984: 2
- 1975 to 1979: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 7
- 1965 to 1969: 30
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White population: 2,518
Black population: 5
American Indian population: 7
Asian population: 18
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 8
Two or more races population: 14

First ancestries reported:
|  English: 554 |
|  United States or American: 222 |
|  German: 216 |
|  Irish: 213 |
|  French (except Basque): 145 |
|  Scottish: 131 |
|  Italian: 97 |
|  Other groups: 71 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 69 |
|  French Canadian: 63 |
|  Norwegian: 34 |
|  Dutch: 26 |
|  Swedish: 25 |
|  Polish: 22 |
|  European: 18 |
|  British: 16 |
|  Canadian: 16 |
|  Austrian: 12 |
|  Greek: 9 |
|  Swiss: 9 |
|  Slovak: 8 |
|  Northern European: 8 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 5 |
|  Czech: 4 |
|  Portuguese: 4 |
|  Russian: 4 |
|  Welsh: 2 |
|  Basque: 1 |

Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- ANDREWS GULF (92 TOWNSEND AVE in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2004-8011, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2004-8011, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
- BOOTHBAY HARBOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACIITY (27 SEA STREET in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
STATE MASTER (Maine environmental tracking) - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
Organizations: BOOTHBAY HARBOR WWTF (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: BOOTHBAY HARBOR SEWER DISTRICT, BOOTHBAY HARBOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
- BOOTHBAY REGION HIGH SCHOOL (236 TOWNSEND AVENUE in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
(Geographic Names Information System)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-04602
Organizations: BOOTHBAY-BOOTHBAY HBR CSD (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- BOOTHBAY REGION ELEM SCHOOL (238 TOWNSEND AVENUE in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-04604
Organizations: BOOTHBAY-BOOTHBAY HBR CSD (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- BOOTHBAY REGION LOBSTERMAN INC (59 ATLANTIC AVE in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2000-0019, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
- BAYVILLE VILLAGE CORPORATION (BAYVILLE ROAD in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
Alternative names: BAYVILLE VILLAGE SEWER SYSTEM
- BOOTHBAY HARBOR SNOW DUMP (11 HOWARD ST in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Alternative names: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, TOWN OF, TOWN OF BOOTHBAY HARBOR
- BOOTHBAY HARBOR SNOW DUMP (FOOTBRIDGE MUNICIAPL PARK LOT in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Alternative names: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, TOWN OF
- HARBOR PRINT SHOP (2 UNION ST in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
- NEW ENGLAND TELE CO CTL OFFICE (EASTERN AVE in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE CO BOS (CONTACT/OWNER)
- RITTALLS BOAT YARD (UNION ST in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
- HARBOR VILLAGE WASH AND DRY (149C TOWNSEND AVENUE in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
Business SIC classification: DRYCLEANING PLANTS, EXCEPT RUG CLEANING
- IRVING BOOTHBAY HARBOR BLUECANOE (209 TOWNSEND AVENUE in BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: IRVING OIL CORP (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: IRVING BOOTHBAY HARBOR MAINWAY
Fire-safe hotels and motels in zip code 04538
- Fishermans Wharf Inn, 22 Commercial St Pier 6, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538, Phone: (207) 633-5090
- Flagship Inn, 200 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538, Phone: (800) 660-5094, Fax: (207) 633-7055
- Tugboat Inn, 80 Commercial St, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538, Phone: (207) 633-4434
- Boothbay Harbor Inn, 31 Atlantic Ave, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538, Phone: (207) 633-6302
All 4 fire-safe hotels and motels in zip code 04538
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,231
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (82%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (2%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1436
- Northeast: 757
- Midwest: 127
- South: 85
- West: 44
62% of the 04538 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Maine.
Population in 1990: 2,800. Population change in the 1990s: -230 (-8.2%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 7.8% | | Maine: | 6.9% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 10.8% | | Maine: | 8.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 56.8% | | Maine: | 28.3% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- BLISS EDWIN (24 FACTORY COVE RD in BOOTHBAY HARBO, ME; small business)
$29,950 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Other Research and Development -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Taking place in AL. Signed on 2003-02-24. Completion date: 2003-04-03.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (100-249 employees: 1 establishment)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 4, 1-4: 11)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Offices of Certified Public Accountants (50-99: 1)
- Other Services (except Public Administration): Civic and Social Organizations (50-99: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (10-19: 2, 5-9: 3, 1-4: 9)
- Information: Newspaper Publishers (20-49: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
People in group quarters
- 29 people in nursing homes
- 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 22 people in other group homes
- 8 people in military barracks, etc.
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