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Population (year 2000): 1,600
Males: 707  (44.2%)
Females: 893  (55.8%)

Aroostook County

Median resident age:  44.3 years
Maine median age:  38.6 years

Zip codes: 04742.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $26,700 (it was $23,942 in 2000)
Fort Fairfield  $26,700
Maine:  $42,801

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $69,300 (it was $56,900 in 2000)
Fort Fairfield  $69,300
Maine:  $155,300

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Races in Fort Fairfield:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)
  • Two or more races (0.8%)

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Ancestries: French (33.3%), English (26.2%), Irish (21.3%), French Canadian (5.6%), United States (5.5%), Scotch-Irish (4.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 380 feet

Land area: 2.23 square miles.

Population density: 719 people per square mile 
 
  (low).



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For population 25 years and over in Fort Fairfield

  • High school or higher: 74.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
  • Unemployed: 4.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 17.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Fort Fairfield CDP

  • Never married: 24.2%
  • Now married: 51.4%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 12.6%
  • Divorced: 11.8%

97 residents are foreign born (6.1% North America).

This place:  6.1%
Maine:  2.9%



According to our research there were 6 registered sex offenders living in Fort Fairfield, Maine in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Fort Fairfield to the number of sex offenders is 267 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Fort Fairfield:  1.7% ($947)
Maine:  1.4% ($1,417)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Portland, ME (272.2 miles , pop. 64,249).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (380.3 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (583.1 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Easton, ME (8.0 miles ), Limestone, ME (10.0 miles ), Loring AFB, ME (12.6 miles ), Caribou, ME (13.2 miles ), Presque Isle, ME (13.2 miles ), Caswell, ME (14.9 miles ), Westfield, ME (15.6 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 8 buildings, average cost: $68,400
  • 1998: 2 buildings, average cost: $45,000
  • 1999: 9 buildings, average cost: $62,900
  • 2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $102,500
  • 2001: 5 buildings, average cost: $80,000
  • 2002: 6 buildings, average cost: $70,600
  • 2003: 9 buildings, average cost: $82,300
  • 2004: 6 buildings, average cost: $64,700
  • 2005: 12 buildings, average cost: $81,700
  • 2006: 6 buildings, average cost: $70,000
  • 2007: 6 buildings, average cost: $110,000

Number of permits per 10,000 residents
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Latitude: 46.77 N, Longitude: 67.83 W


Area code: 207



Most common industries for males:
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (14%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Repair and maintenance (10%)
  • Construction (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Other direct selling establishments (5%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (26%)
  • Educational services (21%)
  • Accommodation and food services (11%)
  • Air transportation (7%)
  • Personal and laundry services (6%)
  • Social assistance (4%)
  • Public administration (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
  • Secondary school teachers (5%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (17%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
  • Business operations specialists (6%)
  • Personal appearance workers (4%)
  • Child care workers (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Customer service representatives (4%)


Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 4 (4 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.50
US city average:  3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Fort Fairfield:
  • AROOSTOOK MEDICAL CENTER,THE (about 13 miles; PRESQUE ISLE, ME)
  • CARY MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles; CARIBOU, ME)
  • NORTHERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER (about 36 miles; FORT KENT, ME)

Political contributions by individuals in Fort Fairfield, ME

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Fort Fairfield:
  • NORTHERN MAINE REGIONAL ARPT AT PRESQUE IS (about 16 miles; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; ID: PQI)
  • BANGOR INTL (about 152 miles; BANGOR, ME; ID: BGR)
  • BRUNSWICK NAS (about 246 miles; BRUNSWICK, ME; ID: NHZ)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fort Fairfield:
  • CARIBOU MUNI (about 15 miles; CARIBOU, ME; ID: CAR)
  • NORTHERN MAINE REGIONAL (about 16 miles; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; ID: 83B)
  • VAN BUREN (about 27 miles; VAN BUREN, ME; ID: 05B)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fort Fairfield:
  • UNIVERSITY OF MAINE (about 134 miles; ORONO, ME; Full-time enrollment: 8,590)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT AUGUSTA (about 215 miles; AUGUSTA, ME; FT enrollment: 3,172)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON (about 216 miles; FARMINGTON, ME; FT enrollment: 2,229)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE (about 272 miles; PORTLAND, ME; FT enrollment: 7,381)
  • SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE (about 280 miles; STANDISH, ME; FT enrollment: 2,376)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (about 290 miles; BIDDEFORD, ME; FT enrollment: 2,251)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-MAIN CAMPUS (about 329 miles; DURHAM, NH; FT enrollment: 12,586)
Public high school in Fort Fairfield:
Public elementary/middle school in Fort Fairfield:
Library in Fort Fairfield:
  • FORT FAIRFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $56,570; Location: 275 MAIN STREET; 28,420 books; 280 audio materials; 460 video materials; 50 serial subscriptions)

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Notable locations in Fort Fairfield: Frontier Heritage History Museum (A), Fort Fairfield Public Library (B), Fort Fairfield Municipal Building (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Center: Village Square Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Fort Fairfield include: Bethel Baptist Church (A), Saint Paul Church (B), Wesleyan Church (C), Saint Denis Church (D), United Pentecostal Church (E), United Parish Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Pattee Brook (A), Libby Brook (B), Hockenhull Brook (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Fort Fairfield Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Fort Fairfield and their reported violations in the past:

FORT FAIRFIELD UTIL DIST (Population served: 2135, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Average - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (FEB-08-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-25-2006), Fed Compliance achieved (APR-01-2006), St Compliance achieved (APR-01-2006)
  • MCL, Average - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (FEB-08-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-25-2006), Fed Compliance achieved (APR-01-2006), St Compliance achieved (APR-01-2006)
  • MCL, Average - Between JAN-2005 and MAR-2005, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (FEB-08-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-17-2005), St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-2005)
  • MCL, Average - Between JAN-2005 and MAR-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (FEB-08-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-17-2005), St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-2005)
  • MCL, Average - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-20-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-20-2005), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-08-2005), St Public Notif received (MAR-04-2005), St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-2005)
  • MCL, Average - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-20-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-20-2005), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-08-2005), St Public Notif received (MAR-04-2005), St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-2005)

Average household size:
This place:  2.1 people
Maine:  2.4 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  57.0%
Whole state:  65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.4%
Whole state:  7.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  17.4%
Whole state:  10.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  8.9%
Whole state:  4.1%

Fort Fairfield compared to Maine state average:

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  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Fort Fairfield (2007 data):
  • Katahdin Trust Company: Fort Fairfield Branch at 290 Main Street, branch established on 1955-10-03. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $392.9 mil, Deposits: $314.9 mil, headquarters in Patten, ME, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 15 total offices, Holding Company: Katahdin Bankshares Corporation
  • Keybank National Association: Fort Fairfield Branch at 203 Main Street, branch established on 1933-11-28. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $88,081.2 mil, Deposits: $61,704.6 mil, headquarters in Cleveland, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 961 total offices, Holding Company: Keycorp



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Most commonly used house heating fuel:

3.86% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,356 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  3.86%
Maine average:  6.39%

0.17% of residents moved from foreign countries ($994 average AGI)
Aroostook County:  0.17%
Maine average:  0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Penobscot County, ME  0.52% ($28,453 average AGI)
from Cumberland County, ME  0.24% ($31,516)
from York County, ME  0.14% ($25,514)


4.01% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,517 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.01%
Maine average:  6.44%

0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($774 average AGI)
Aroostook County:  0.12%
Maine average:  0.07%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Penobscot County, ME  0.74% ($26,056 average AGI)
to Cumberland County, ME  0.43% ($34,982)
to York County, ME  0.14% ($26,158)


Strongest AM radio stations in Fort Fairfield:
  • WFST (600 AM; 5 kW; CARIBOU, ME; Owner: NORTHERN BROADCAST MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WEGP (1390 AM; 5 kW; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; Owner: DECELLES/SMITH MEDIA, INC.)
  • WREM (710 AM; daytime; 5 kW; MONTICELLO, ME; Owner: ALLAN H WEINER)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WZON (620 AM; 5 kW; BANGOR, ME; Owner: THE ZONE CORPORATION)
  • WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WCHP (760 AM; 35 kW; CHAMPLAIN, NY; Owner: CHAMPLAIN RADIO, INC.)
  • WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WSKW (1160 AM; 10 kW; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN WIRELESS, INCORPORATED)

Strongest FM radio stations in Fort Fairfield:
  • WBPW (96.9 FM; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WQHR (96.1 FM; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WOZI (101.9 FM; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WCXU (97.7 FM; CARIBOU, ME; Owner: THE CANXUS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WMEM (106.1 FM; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • W274AF (102.7 FM; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; Owner: BANGOR BAPTIST CHURCH)

TV broadcast stations around Fort Fairfield:
  • WAGM-TV (Channel 8; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; Owner: NEPSK, INC.)
  • W51AG (Channel 51; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WMEM-TV (Channel 10; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

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