Caribou vs Fort Kent

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

Caribou and Fort Kent 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 2,453 in Fort Kent). Fort Kent has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $54,271 in Caribou). Fort Kent has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $120,300 in Caribou).

Population, income & housing

	Caribou	Fort Kent
Population	7,427	2,453
Median age	52.3 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,271	$58,750
Median home value	$120,300	$137,000
Median gross rent	$696	$820
Housing units	4,000	1,296
Homeownership rate	74.1%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caribou	Fort Kent
Population	7,710 → 7,427 (-3.7%)	2,238 → 2,453 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$42,671 → $54,271 (+27.2%)	$47,292 → $58,750 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $120,300 (+32.6%)	$107,100 → $137,000 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $696 (+16.4%)	$661 → $820 (+24.1%)

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 Kent

Population

2,2382,453

Median household income

$47,292$58,750

Median home value

$107,100$137,000

Median gross rent

$661$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caribou	Fort Kent
Under 5	4.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	11.2%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	19.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.5%
75 and over	13.0%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caribou	Fort Kent
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	7.1%
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%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caribou	Fort Kent
No high school diploma	7.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caribou	Fort Kent
Drove alone	75.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	16.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caribou	Fort Kent
1-unit, detached	68.2%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	12.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Caribou	Fort Kent
Poverty rate	11.8%	9.3%
Average household size	2.04	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1959	1969