Fort Fairfield, ME
Census ZIP code profile for Fort Fairfield, ME - 1 ZIPs, total population 3,496. Median income, home value, education, commute, and demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2023 5-Year Estimates.
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Fort Fairfield, ME is covered by 1 USPS ZIP code serving a combined population of 3,496 according to Census ACS 5-Year Estimates. U.S. cities rarely map cleanly to a single ZIP - Fort Fairfield splits its residents across 1 delivery areas, each with its own demographic and housing profile. The table below lists every ZIP by population, so you can see which neighborhoods carry the weight of the city total and which are smaller pockets of the same municipal boundary.
Aggregated across every ZIP in Fort Fairfield, the median household income averages $70,852 and per-capita income averages $45,492. Poverty rate runs at 10.3% and unemployment at 9.1%. On housing, the average median home value is $161,000 with median rent of $945 per month, and 78.2% of occupied units are owner-occupied. These are arithmetic averages across the 1 ZIP - not population-weighted, so small ZIPs influence the headline numbers the same as large ones.
Use this city view to compare ZIPs inside Fort Fairfield against each other rather than hunting for a single "city average." The Affordability Dashboard linked below combines these Census inputs with HUD Fair Market Rents, FBI crime data, and Department of Labor childcare costs into a graded scorecard for Fort Fairfield as a whole, while individual ZIP pages show fine-grained household income, housing profile, education attainment, commute time, and nearby-ZIP benchmarks. Every field on this page is sourced directly from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates, no estimates, no proprietary scoring, no editorial adjustment.
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ZIP Codes
3,496
Population
$70,852
Median Income
$161,000
Median Home Value
49.7
Median Age
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ZIP Codes in Fort Fairfield, ME
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04742 | 3,496 | 18 | America/New_York |
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Official Data Resources for Fort Fairfield
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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