Fort Fairfield vs Mars Hill

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

Fort Fairfield and Mars Hill 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 934 in Mars Hill). Mars Hill has the higher median household income ($46,667 vs $46,654 in Fort Fairfield). Fort Fairfield has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $126,200 in Mars Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Fairfield	Mars Hill
Population	1,632	934
Median age	47.6 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,654	$46,667
Median home value	$145,800	$126,200
Median gross rent	$460	$475
Housing units	764	435
Homeownership rate	81.7%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Fairfield	Mars Hill
Population	1,808 → 1,632 (-9.7%)	990 → 934 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$38,291 → $46,654 (+21.8%)	$43,182 → $46,667 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $145,800 (+58.3%)	$95,300 → $126,200 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$334 → $460 (+37.7%)	$586 → $475 (-18.9%)

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

Mars Hill

Population

990934

Median household income

$43,182$46,667

Median home value

$95,300$126,200

Median gross rent

$586$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Mars Hill
Under 5	4.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.1%
75 and over	10.6%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Mars Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Fairfield	Mars Hill
No high school diploma	2.2%	12.9%
High school graduate	46.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Mars Hill
Drove alone	79.3%	57.1%
Carpooled	15.6%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Mars Hill
1-unit, detached	84.6%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	18.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Fairfield	Mars Hill
Poverty rate	7.6%	15.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1960	1963