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Fort Kent, ME

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fort Kent, ME: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,676. 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-KENT-ME · Fort Kent, ME 1 ZIPs · 4,676 pop · #19441/25278 · Aroostook County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $56,422
  • RANK-LOWER #19441/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Madawaska
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,676
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $165,800

Nearest income peer: Madawaska, ME ( $286 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 Kent

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Fort Kent 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 Kent, ME sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

23rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,676
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$56,422
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 ($56,422 average) · poverty 11.1%. The primary code (04743) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Fort Kent as a pure owner town.

Within Maine, Old Town is the closest lower-income city and Thomaston the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fort Kent.

Population concentration

Fort Kent's single ZIP 04743 carries the town

Fort Kent is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 04743 is the entire residential footprint (4,676 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Fort Kent's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 220 establishments, 1,850 employees , annual payroll $88,756k (~47 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 04743 (220 units) ; leading NAICS Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (59) · also Transportation and warehousing · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Fort Kent, ME

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

Fort Kent lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Aroostook County: Houlton, Fort Fairfield and Mapleton earn more and Caribou, Limestone and Van Buren earn less. Mapleton marks the far end of that range at $84,042, 49% above Fort Kent.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
04743 4,676 $56,422 220 13
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Fort Kent 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 Kent, .