Fort Fairfield vs Presque Isle

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

Fort Fairfield 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 1,632 in Fort Fairfield). Presque Isle has the higher median household income ($57,396 vs $46,654 in Fort Fairfield). Fort Fairfield has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $142,400 in Presque Isle).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Fairfield	Presque Isle
Population	1,632	8,736
Median age	47.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,654	$57,396
Median home value	$145,800	$142,400
Median gross rent	$460	$875
Housing units	764	4,568
Homeownership rate	81.7%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Fairfield	Presque Isle
Population	1,808 → 1,632 (-9.7%)	9,116 → 8,736 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$38,291 → $46,654 (+21.8%)	$39,366 → $57,396 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $145,800 (+58.3%)	$115,400 → $142,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$334 → $460 (+37.7%)	$592 → $875 (+47.8%)

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

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)

	Fort Fairfield	Presque Isle
Under 5	4.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.8%
75 and over	10.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Presque Isle
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Fairfield	Presque Isle
No high school diploma	2.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	46.1%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Presque Isle
Drove alone	79.3%	82.6%
Carpooled	15.6%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Presque Isle
1-unit, detached	84.6%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.9%
20 or more units	5.4%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Fairfield	Presque Isle
Poverty rate	7.6%	15.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1960	1969