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Fort Fairfield, ME

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fort Fairfield, ME: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,496. 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 FORT-FAIRFIELD-ME · Fort Fairfield, ME 1 ZIPs · 3,496 pop · #12903/25278 · Aroostook County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $70,852
  • RANK-MID #12903/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Mars Hill
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,496
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $161,000

Nearest income peer: Mars Hill, ME ( $5,696 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 Fort Fairfield

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Fort Fairfield 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, Fort Fairfield, ME sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

49th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,496
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$70,852
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $70,852 and poverty 10.3% concentrate in 04742.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (78.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Fort Fairfield as a pure owner town.

Within Maine, Livermore is the closest lower-income city and Liberty the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fort Fairfield.

Population concentration

Fort Fairfield reads through its lone ZIP, 04742

3,496 ACS residents, one ZIP: 04742 is not the leading code inside Fort Fairfield, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Fort Fairfield

Citywide ZBP: 41 establishments, 335 employees , annual payroll $14,476k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 04742 (41 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (10) · also Other services (except public administration) · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Fort Fairfield, ME

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

Fort Fairfield sits in the upper half of Aroostook County on income: Houlton, Caribou and Presque Isle report less, while Mapleton reports more. Van Buren marks the far end of that range at $41,528, 41% below Fort Fairfield.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
04742 3,496 $70,852 41 18
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Fort Fairfield 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 Fort Fairfield, .