Fort Fairfield vs Fort Kent

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

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

Fort Kent has the higher population (2,453 vs 1,632 in Fort Fairfield). Fort Kent has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $46,654 in Fort Fairfield). Fort Fairfield has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $137,000 in Fort Kent).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Fairfield	Fort Kent
Population	1,632	2,453
Median age	47.6 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,654	$58,750
Median home value	$145,800	$137,000
Median gross rent	$460	$820
Housing units	764	1,296
Homeownership rate	81.7%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Fairfield	Fort Kent
Population	1,808 → 1,632 (-9.7%)	2,238 → 2,453 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$38,291 → $46,654 (+21.8%)	$47,292 → $58,750 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $145,800 (+58.3%)	$107,100 → $137,000 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$334 → $460 (+37.7%)	$661 → $820 (+24.1%)

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

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)

	Fort Fairfield	Fort Kent
Under 5	4.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.5%
75 and over	10.6%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Fort Kent
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Fairfield	Fort Kent
No high school diploma	2.2%	10.6%
High school graduate	46.1%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Fort Kent
Drove alone	79.3%	71.2%
Carpooled	15.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	16.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Fort Kent
1-unit, detached	84.6%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	12.9%
20 or more units	5.4%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Fairfield	Fort Kent
Poverty rate	7.6%	9.3%
Average household size	2.25	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1960	1969