Houlton vs Presque Isle

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

Houlton 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 4,958 in Houlton). Presque Isle has the higher median household income ($57,396 vs $52,227 in Houlton). Presque Isle has the higher median home value ($142,400 vs $121,700 in Houlton).

Population, income & housing

	Houlton	Presque Isle
Population	4,958	8,736
Median age	44.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,227	$57,396
Median home value	$121,700	$142,400
Median gross rent	$719	$875
Housing units	2,301	4,568
Homeownership rate	61.5%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	17.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houlton	Presque Isle
Population	4,603 → 4,958 (+7.7%)	9,116 → 8,736 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$33,936 → $52,227 (+53.9%)	$39,366 → $57,396 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $121,700 (+33.6%)	$115,400 → $142,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $719 (+35.2%)	$592 → $875 (+47.8%)

Houlton

Population

4,6034,958

Median household income

$33,936$52,227

Median home value

$91,100$121,700

Median gross rent

$532$719

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)

	Houlton	Presque Isle
Under 5	2.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	11.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	17.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	6.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.8%
75 and over	11.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houlton	Presque Isle
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	90.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	1.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houlton	Presque Isle
No high school diploma	11.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	36.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houlton	Presque Isle
Drove alone	79.6%	82.6%
Carpooled	14.7%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houlton	Presque Isle
1-unit, detached	66.8%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	7.3%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Houlton	Presque Isle
Poverty rate	20.8%	15.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1954	1969