Caribou vs Houlton

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

Caribou and Houlton 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 4,958 in Houlton). Caribou has the higher median household income ($54,271 vs $52,227 in Houlton). Houlton has the higher median home value ($121,700 vs $120,300 in Caribou).

Population, income & housing

	Caribou	Houlton
Population	7,427	4,958
Median age	52.3 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,271	$52,227
Median home value	$120,300	$121,700
Median gross rent	$696	$719
Housing units	4,000	2,301
Homeownership rate	74.1%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caribou	Houlton
Population	7,710 → 7,427 (-3.7%)	4,603 → 4,958 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$42,671 → $54,271 (+27.2%)	$33,936 → $52,227 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $120,300 (+32.6%)	$91,100 → $121,700 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $696 (+16.4%)	$532 → $719 (+35.2%)

Caribou

Population

7,7107,427

Median household income

$42,671$54,271

Median home value

$90,700$120,300

Median gross rent

$598$696

Houlton

Population

4,6034,958

Median household income

$33,936$52,227

Median home value

$91,100$121,700

Median gross rent

$532$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caribou	Houlton
Under 5	4.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	11.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	19.2%	6.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	14.0%
75 and over	13.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caribou	Houlton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.1%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caribou	Houlton
No high school diploma	7.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	31.5%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caribou	Houlton
Drove alone	75.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	11.3%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caribou	Houlton
1-unit, detached	68.2%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	8.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Caribou	Houlton
Poverty rate	11.8%	20.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1959	1954