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Fort Kent, ME

2,398 Population
5.4 square miles 447.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±8.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Aroostook County: 48.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,341 ±$30,045 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Aroostook County: $34,879 ±$1,464
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,513 ±$6,178 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Aroostook County: $56,700 ±$1,809
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±5.7% (249  ±123) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Aroostook County: 14.4% 9,399 (±1.3% / ±813)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.7 minutes ±3.9 (13,545  ±4,920) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Aroostook County: 18.3 476,875 (±0.5 / ±20,047)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,159 ±155 Number of households
  • Aroostook County: 29,932 ±483
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.3 (2,096  ±264) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Aroostook County: 2.2 65,192 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±3.9% (19  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Aroostook County: 4.3% † 529 (±0.9% / ±105)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,381 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Aroostook County: 38,450 ±135
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,900 ±$57,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Aroostook County: $149,700 ±$6,059
  • about half the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.6% ±8% (370  ±194.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Aroostook County: 9.9% † 6,609 (±1% / ±673.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.9% ±10.2% (1,680  ±266.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Aroostook County: 91.1% 45,633 (±2.4% / ±1,206.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34% ±8.1% (636  ±166.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Aroostook County: 23.4% 11,738 (±1.4% / ±680.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.4% ±3.9% (225  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Aroostook County: 4.1% 2,756
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±3.3% (105  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Aroostook County: 10% 5,478 (±0.7% / ±398)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
105 Total veterans ±69 105 Male ±69 N/A Female ±11

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