Fort Kent vs Washburn

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

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

Fort Kent has the higher population (2,453 vs 958 in Washburn). Fort Kent has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $39,688 in Washburn). Fort Kent has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $89,600 in Washburn).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Kent	Washburn
Population	2,453	958
Median age	49.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$39,688
Median home value	$137,000	$89,600
Median gross rent	$820	$433
Housing units	1,296	490
Homeownership rate	64.4%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Kent	Washburn
Population	2,238 → 2,453 (+9.6%)	1,058 → 958 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$47,292 → $58,750 (+24.2%)	$30,625 → $39,688 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $137,000 (+27.9%)	$74,000 → $89,600 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $820 (+24.1%)	$430 → $433 (+0.7%)

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

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 Kent	Washburn
Under 5	2.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	11.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	18.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.5%
75 and over	17.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Kent	Washburn
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	7.1%	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	4.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Kent	Washburn
No high school diploma	10.6%	14.6%
High school graduate	35.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Kent	Washburn
Drove alone	71.2%	87.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Kent	Washburn
1-unit, detached	50.3%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Kent	Washburn
Poverty rate	9.3%	14.9%
Average household size	1.87	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1969	1970