Caribou vs Fort Fairfield

A side-by-side comparison of Caribou and Fort Fairfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Caribou and Fort Fairfield are places in Maine. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Caribou has the higher population (7,427 vs 1,632 in Fort Fairfield). Caribou has the higher median household income ($54,271 vs $46,654 in Fort Fairfield). Fort Fairfield has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $120,300 in Caribou).

Population, income & housing

	Caribou	Fort Fairfield
Population	7,427	1,632
Median age	52.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,271	$46,654
Median home value	$120,300	$145,800
Median gross rent	$696	$460
Housing units	4,000	764
Homeownership rate	74.1%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caribou	Fort Fairfield
Population	7,710 → 7,427 (-3.7%)	1,808 → 1,632 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$42,671 → $54,271 (+27.2%)	$38,291 → $46,654 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $120,300 (+32.6%)	$92,100 → $145,800 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $696 (+16.4%)	$334 → $460 (+37.7%)

Caribou

Population

7,7107,427

Median household income

$42,671$54,271

Median home value

$90,700$120,300

Median gross rent

$598$696

Fort Fairfield

Population

1,8081,632

Median household income

$38,291$46,654

Median home value

$92,100$145,800

Median gross rent

$334$460

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caribou	Fort Fairfield
Under 5	4.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	19.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.4%
75 and over	13.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caribou	Fort Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caribou	Fort Fairfield
No high school diploma	7.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	31.5%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caribou	Fort Fairfield
Drove alone	75.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caribou	Fort Fairfield
1-unit, detached	68.2%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Caribou	Fort Fairfield
Poverty rate	11.8%	7.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1959	1960