Fort Kent vs Houlton

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

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

Houlton has the higher population (4,958 vs 2,453 in Fort Kent). Fort Kent has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $52,227 in Houlton). Fort Kent has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $121,700 in Houlton).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Kent	Houlton
Population	2,453	4,958
Median age	49.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$52,227
Median home value	$137,000	$121,700
Median gross rent	$820	$719
Housing units	1,296	2,301
Homeownership rate	64.4%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Kent	Houlton
Population	2,238 → 2,453 (+9.6%)	4,603 → 4,958 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$47,292 → $58,750 (+24.2%)	$33,936 → $52,227 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $137,000 (+27.9%)	$91,100 → $121,700 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $820 (+24.1%)	$532 → $719 (+35.2%)

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

Houlton

Population

4,6034,958

Median household income

$33,936$52,227

Median home value

$91,100$121,700

Median gross rent

$532$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Kent	Houlton
Under 5	2.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	11.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.9%
25 to 34	7.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	17.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	6.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.0%
75 and over	17.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Kent	Houlton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	7.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Kent	Houlton
No high school diploma	10.6%	11.4%
High school graduate	35.4%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Kent	Houlton
Drove alone	71.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Kent	Houlton
1-unit, detached	50.3%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	8.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Kent	Houlton
Poverty rate	9.3%	20.8%
Average household size	1.87	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	18	14
Median year structure built	1969	1954