Fort Fairfield vs Washburn

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

Fort Fairfield and Washburn 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 958 in Washburn). Fort Fairfield has the higher median household income ($46,654 vs $39,688 in Washburn). Fort Fairfield has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $89,600 in Washburn).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Fairfield	Washburn
Population	1,632	958
Median age	47.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,654	$39,688
Median home value	$145,800	$89,600
Median gross rent	$460	$433
Housing units	764	490
Homeownership rate	81.7%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Fairfield	Washburn
Population	1,808 → 1,632 (-9.7%)	1,058 → 958 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$38,291 → $46,654 (+21.8%)	$30,625 → $39,688 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $145,800 (+58.3%)	$74,000 → $89,600 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$334 → $460 (+37.7%)	$430 → $433 (+0.7%)

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

Washburn

Population

1,058958

Median household income

$30,625$39,688

Median home value

$74,000$89,600

Median gross rent

$430$433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Washburn
Under 5	4.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	18.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.5%
75 and over	10.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Washburn
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.3%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Fairfield	Washburn
No high school diploma	2.2%	14.6%
High school graduate	46.1%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Washburn
Drove alone	79.3%	87.5%
Carpooled	15.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Fairfield	Washburn
1-unit, detached	84.6%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.3%
20 or more units	5.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Fairfield	Washburn
Poverty rate	7.6%	14.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1960	1970