Fort Kent vs Madawaska

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

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

Madawaska has the higher population (2,960 vs 2,453 in Fort Kent). Fort Kent has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $42,708 in Madawaska). Madawaska has the higher median home value ($157,400 vs $137,000 in Fort Kent).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Kent	Madawaska
Population	2,453	2,960
Median age	49.0 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$42,708
Median home value	$137,000	$157,400
Median gross rent	$820	$576
Housing units	1,296	1,650
Homeownership rate	64.4%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Kent	Madawaska
Population	2,238 → 2,453 (+9.6%)	2,769 → 2,960 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$47,292 → $58,750 (+24.2%)	$34,053 → $42,708 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $137,000 (+27.9%)	$109,000 → $157,400 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $820 (+24.1%)	$497 → $576 (+15.9%)

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

Madawaska

Population

2,7692,960

Median household income

$34,053$42,708

Median home value

$109,000$157,400

Median gross rent

$497$576

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Kent	Madawaska
Under 5	2.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	16.7%
75 and over	17.4%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Kent	Madawaska
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	93.2%
Black or African American	7.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Kent	Madawaska
No high school diploma	10.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Kent	Madawaska
Drove alone	71.2%	78.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Kent	Madawaska
1-unit, detached	50.3%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	21.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Kent	Madawaska
Poverty rate	9.3%	18.9%
Average household size	1.87	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	18	12
Median year structure built	1969	1969