Fort Fairfield vs Limestone

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

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

Fort Fairfield has the higher population (1,632 vs 1,120 in Limestone). Fort Fairfield has the higher median household income ($46,654 vs $39,667 in Limestone). Fort Fairfield has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $91,500 in Limestone).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Fairfield	Limestone
Population	1,632	1,120
Median age	47.6 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,654	$39,667
Median home value	$145,800	$91,500
Median gross rent	$460	$580
Housing units	764	569
Homeownership rate	81.7%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Fairfield	Limestone
Population	1,808 → 1,632 (-9.7%)	1,504 → 1,120 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$38,291 → $46,654 (+21.8%)	$37,813 → $39,667 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $145,800 (+58.3%)	$73,100 → $91,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$334 → $460 (+37.7%)	$816 → $580 (-28.9%)

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

Limestone

Population

1,5041,120

Median household income

$37,813$39,667

Median home value

$73,100$91,500

Median gross rent

$816$580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Limestone
Under 5	4.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	21.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.9%
75 and over	10.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Limestone
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Fairfield	Limestone
No high school diploma	2.2%	9.3%
High school graduate	46.1%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Limestone
Drove alone	79.3%	80.7%
Carpooled	15.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Limestone
1-unit, detached	84.6%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	12.3%
20 or more units	5.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Fairfield	Limestone
Poverty rate	7.6%	16.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1960	1956