Caribou vs Presque Isle

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

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

Presque Isle has the higher population (8,736 vs 7,427 in Caribou). Presque Isle has the higher median household income ($57,396 vs $54,271 in Caribou). Presque Isle has the higher median home value ($142,400 vs $120,300 in Caribou).

Population, income & housing

	Caribou	Presque Isle
Population	7,427	8,736
Median age	52.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,271	$57,396
Median home value	$120,300	$142,400
Median gross rent	$696	$875
Housing units	4,000	4,568
Homeownership rate	74.1%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caribou	Presque Isle
Population	7,710 → 7,427 (-3.7%)	9,116 → 8,736 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$42,671 → $54,271 (+27.2%)	$39,366 → $57,396 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $120,300 (+32.6%)	$115,400 → $142,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $696 (+16.4%)	$592 → $875 (+47.8%)

Caribou

Population

7,7107,427

Median household income

$42,671$54,271

Median home value

$90,700$120,300

Median gross rent

$598$696

Presque Isle

Population

9,1168,736

Median household income

$39,366$57,396

Median home value

$115,400$142,400

Median gross rent

$592$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caribou	Presque Isle
Under 5	4.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	19.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.8%
75 and over	13.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caribou	Presque Isle
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	2.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caribou	Presque Isle
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caribou	Presque Isle
Drove alone	75.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	11.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.8%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caribou	Presque Isle
1-unit, detached	68.2%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Caribou	Presque Isle
Poverty rate	11.8%	15.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1959	1969