Houlton, ME
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Houlton, ME: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,992. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet HOULTON-ME · Houlton, ME 1 ZIPs · 9,992 pop · #16866/25278 · Aroostook County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $61,980
- RANK-LOWER #16866/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Mars Hill
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 73% owners
- POP-TOWN 9,992
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $145,200
Nearest income peer: Mars Hill, ME (+ $3,176 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 Houlton
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Houlton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Van Buren · lowest
Van Buren · lowest
$41,528 median HH income
- Madawaska · near
Madawaska · near
$56,136 median HH income
- Fort Kent · near
Fort Kent · near
$56,422 median HH income
- Island Falls · near
Island Falls · near
$56,795 median HH income
- Houlton · this city
Houlton · this city
$61,980 median HH income
- Mars Hill · near
Mars Hill · near
$65,156 median HH income
- Mapleton · highest
Mapleton · highest
$84,042 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Houlton, ME sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 33rd pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 9,992
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $61,980
- 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 $61,980 and poverty 15.5% concentrate in 04730.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Houlton as a pure owner town.
Within Maine, Plymouth is the closest lower-income city and Weld the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Houlton.
ZIP Codes in Houlton, ME
These ZIP codes sit in Aroostook County, which covers 39 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Houlton. See the Aroostook County roll-up →
Houlton sits in the upper half of Aroostook County on income: Caribou, Presque Isle and Fort Kent report less, while Fort Fairfield, Mapleton and Mars Hill report more. Mapleton marks the far end of that range at $84,042, 36% above Houlton.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04730 | 9,992 | 16 | America/New_York |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Houlton, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
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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