Caribou vs Madawaska

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

Caribou and Madawaska 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 2,960 in Madawaska). Caribou has the higher median household income ($54,271 vs $42,708 in Madawaska). Madawaska has the higher median home value ($157,400 vs $120,300 in Caribou).

Population, income & housing

	Caribou	Madawaska
Population	7,427	2,960
Median age	52.3 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,271	$42,708
Median home value	$120,300	$157,400
Median gross rent	$696	$576
Housing units	4,000	1,650
Homeownership rate	74.1%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caribou	Madawaska
Population	7,710 → 7,427 (-3.7%)	2,769 → 2,960 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$42,671 → $54,271 (+27.2%)	$34,053 → $42,708 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $120,300 (+32.6%)	$109,000 → $157,400 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $696 (+16.4%)	$497 → $576 (+15.9%)

Caribou

Population

7,7107,427

Median household income

$42,671$54,271

Median home value

$90,700$120,300

Median gross rent

$598$696

Madawaska

Population

2,7692,960

Median household income

$34,053$42,708

Median home value

$109,000$157,400

Median gross rent

$497$576

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caribou	Madawaska
Under 5	4.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	19.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.7%
75 and over	13.0%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caribou	Madawaska
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caribou	Madawaska
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caribou	Madawaska
Drove alone	75.2%	78.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caribou	Madawaska
1-unit, detached	68.2%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	21.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Caribou	Madawaska
Poverty rate	11.8%	18.9%
Average household size	2.04	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	16	12
Median year structure built	1959	1969