The CDP is in the western part of the town of Bartlett, at the junction of U.S. Route 302 with Bear Notch Road.

US 302 leads east and south 11 miles (18 km) to North Conway and northwest through Crawford Notch in the White Mountains 36 miles (58 km) to Littleton.

The Bartlett CDP is bordered to the north by the Saco River, to the west by an unnamed brook east of Albany Brook, to the south by the White Mountain National Forest, and to the east by an unnamed brook that flows down the west side of Big Attitash Mountain, separating the CDP from residential development connected to the Attitash Mountain Resort.

The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.5% white, 0.5% African American, and 2.9% from two or more races.

31.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.