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Houlton town, Aroostook County, ME

6,056 Population
36.7 square miles 165 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Aroostook County: 48.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,556 ±$4,765 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Aroostook County: $34,879 ±$1,464
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
$61,058 ±$14,326 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Aroostook County: $56,700 ±$1,809
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795

18.1% ±7.2% (1,035  ±408) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Aroostook County: 14.4% 9,399 (±1.3% / ±813)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)

10.5 minutes ±1.5 (25,225  ±4,454) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Aroostook County: 18.3 476,875 (±0.5 / ±20,047)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

2,596 ±156 Number of households
  • Aroostook County: 29,932 ±483
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
2.2 ±0.1 (5,698  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Aroostook County: 2.2 65,192 (±0 / ±31)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076

1.5% ±1.9% (18  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Aroostook County: 4.3% † 529 (±0.9% / ±105)
  • about one-third of the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)

Housing

2,854 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Aroostook County: 38,450 ±135
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671

$137,000 ±$31,005 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Aroostook County: $149,700 ±$6,059
  • about half the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876

11.8% ±3.2% (712  ±192.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Aroostook County: 9.9% † 6,609 (±1% / ±673.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)

Social

91% ±8.1% (3,969  ±390.4) 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)
24.6% ±4.4% (1,074  ±195.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Aroostook County: 23.4% 11,738 (±1.4% / ±680.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)

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

1.9% ±1.1% (116  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Aroostook County: 4.1% 2,756
  • about half the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448

7.3% ±2.6% (362  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Aroostook County: 10% 5,478 (±0.7% / ±398)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
362 Total veterans ±127 298 Male ±129 64 Female ±64

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