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Caribou, ME

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Caribou, ME: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,876. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CARIBOU-ME · Caribou, ME 1 ZIPs · 9,876 pop · #20226/25278 · Aroostook County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $54,368
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20226/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washburn
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,876
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $139,000

Nearest income peer: Washburn, ME (+ $958 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Caribou

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Caribou on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Caribou, ME sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

20th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,876
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$54,368
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($54,368 average) · poverty 15.1%. The primary code (04736) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Caribou as a pure owner town.

Within Maine, Norway is the closest lower-income city and Fryeburg the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Caribou.

Population concentration

Caribou reads through its lone ZIP, 04736

9,876 ACS residents, one ZIP: 04736 is not the leading code inside Caribou, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Caribou's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 237 establishments, 2,733 employees , annual payroll $128,395k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 04736 (237 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (43) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Caribou, ME

These ZIP codes sit in Aroostook County, which covers 39 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Caribou. See the Aroostook County roll-up →

Caribou sits in the lower half of Aroostook County on income: Houlton, Presque Isle and Fort Kent report more, Limestone, Van Buren and Ashland report less. Mapleton marks the far end of that range at $84,042, 55% above Caribou.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
04736 9,876 $54,368 237 23
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Caribou roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Caribou, .