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Caribou, ME

7,427 Population
79.3 square miles 93.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Aroostook County: 48.4 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,303 ±$4,629 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Aroostook County: $33,136 ±$1,431
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$54,271 ±$8,470 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Aroostook County: $54,254 ±$1,663
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

11.8% ±3% (858  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Aroostook County: 14.4% 9,423 (±1.2% / ±803)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

15.8 minutes ±1.9 (48,685  ±7,331) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Aroostook County: 19 494,345 (±0.8 / ±24,869)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

3,547 ±227 Number of households
  • Aroostook County: 29,684 ±414
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2 ±0.1 (7,249  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Aroostook County: 2.2 65,256 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

6.3% ±3.7% (78  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Aroostook County: 4.8% † 589 (±1% / ±126)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

4,000 ±237 Number of housing units
  • Aroostook County: 38,444 ±55
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$120,300 ±$17,476 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Aroostook County: $131,700 ±$6,465
  • about half the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

11.3% ±3.8% (837  ±283.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Aroostook County: 10.1% † 6,734 (±1% / ±689.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

93% ±7% (5,349  ±477) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Aroostook County: 91.2% 45,779 (±2.3% / ±1,155.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
28.7% ±4.5% (1,647  ±269.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Aroostook County: 22.4% 11,233 (±1.4% / ±685.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

4% ±1.5% (297  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Aroostook County: 4.1% 2,741
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

12% ±3.1% (751  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Aroostook County: 10% 5,468 (±0.7% / ±358)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
751 Total veterans ±195 737 Male ±196 14 Female ±16

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