No gay or lesbian households reported Housing units in zip code 04743 with a mortgage: 790 (4 second mortgage, 111 home equity loan, 31 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 816
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $899
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $331
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
12.7%
Whole state:
12.6%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 04743: Ledges (A), Carter Brook Camp (B), Sugar Camp (C), Labbe Camp (D), Saucier Camp (E), Wheelock Siding (F), Fort Kent Fire Department (G), Ambulance Service Incorporated (H), Acadian Archives (I), Guerrette Volunteer Fire Department (J), Fort Kent Blockhouse (K), Fort Kent Historical Society Museum (L), Fort Kent Public Library (M). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 04743 include: Saint Louis Parish Church (A), Saint John Church (B), Christ Congregational Church (C), Assembly of God Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Saint John Baptist Church Cemetery (1), Saint John Catholic Cemetery (2), Congregational Cemetery (3), Saint Louis Cemetery (4), Old Saint Louis Cemetery (5), Holy Family Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Wallagrass Lakes (A), Wheelock Lake (B), Black Lake (C), Black Pond (D), Deer Pond (E), Dry Pond (F), Gilbert Ponds (G), Marcum Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Audibert Brook (A), Sinclair Brook (B), Wheelock Brook (C), Fish River (D), Factory Brook (E), Godfrey Brook (F), Kelly Brook (G), Gilbert Brook (H), Perley Brook (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 04743:
Less than $10,000: 15
$10,000 to $14,999: 64
$20,000 to $24,999: 14
$25,000 to $29,999: 30
$30,000 to $34,999: 84
$35,000 to $39,999: 94
$40,000 to $49,999: 44
$50,000 to $59,999: 62
$60,000 to $69,999: 115
$70,000 to $79,999: 99
$80,000 to $89,999: 166
$90,000 to $99,999: 53
$100,000 to $124,999: 304
$125,000 to $149,999: 111
$150,000 to $174,999: 140
$175,000 to $199,999: 109
$200,000 to $249,999: 122
$250,000 to $299,999: 75
$300,000 to $399,999: 82
$400,000 to $499,999: 75
$500,000 to $749,999: 3
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 04743:
Less than $100: 5
$100 to $149: 67
$150 to $199: 73
$200 to $249: 27
$250 to $299: 77
$300 to $349: 81
$350 to $399: 75
$400 to $449: 93
$450 to $499: 75
$500 to $549: 93
$550 to $599: 146
$600 to $649: 171
$650 to $699: 5
$700 to $749: 7
$800 to $899: 140
No cash rent: 29
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $100,985
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $99,765
04743:
$99,765
Maine:
$178,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $62,849 - $156,992
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $119,680
Here:
$119,680
State:
$233,115
In 2-unit structures: $69,589
Here:
$69,589
State:
$214,308
Mobile homes: $53,639
Here:
$53,639
State:
$68,499
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 1,756
One, attached: 66
Two: 134
3 or 4: 214
5 to 9: 191
10 to 19: 19
20 to 49: 114
Mobile homes: 326
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 1,840 (79%)
Carpooled: 231 (10%)
Walked: 176 (8%)
Other means: 47 (2%)
Worked at home: 64 (3%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 445
5 to 9 minutes: 701
10 to 14 minutes: 526
15 to 19 minutes: 107
20 to 24 minutes: 133
25 to 29 minutes: 126
30 to 34 minutes: 142
35 to 39 minutes: 21
40 to 44 minutes: 5
45 to 59 minutes: 80
60 to 89 minutes: 48
90 or more minutes: 65
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 97.7%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,744
In family households: 3,930 (1,144 male householders, 141 female householders)
1,166 spouses, 1,327 children (1,252 natural, 18 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 51 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 35 other relatives, 53 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 814 (297 male householders (234 living alone)), 389 female householders (334 living alone)), 128 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 165 (39 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 634 2-persons, 203 3-persons, 277 4-persons, 89 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 717 1-person, 107 2-persons, 155 3-persons
793 married couples with children.
243 single-parent households (150 men, 93 women).
41.1% of residents of 04743 zip code speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% very well, 8% well).
59.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% very well, 10% well, 6% not well, 1% not at all).
7.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% very well, 41% well).
Foreign born population: 269 (5.4%) (69.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
5.4%
Whole state:
3.3%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Canada (88%)
Pakistan (8%)
Japan (3%)
Hungary (1%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 143
1990 to 1999: 16
1980 to 1989: 18
Before 1980: 212
Races in zip code 04743:
White population: 4,726 Black population: 196 American Indian population: 8 Asian population: 121 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 0 Two or more races population: 83 Hispanic or Latino population: 173
First ancestries reported:
French (except Basque): 2,376
French Canadian: 925
American: 490
Other groups: 189
Canadian: 169
English: 141
Irish: 127
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 92
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 92
Cajun: 69
Romanian: 54
Celtic: 49
German: 46
Slovak: 46
Polish: 44
Latvian: 40
Scottish: 39
Italian: 35
Portuguese: 29
Czech: 25
British: 17
European: 11
Belgian: 9
Finnish: 8
Subsaharan African: 7
South African: 7
Arab: 4
Lebanese: 4
Scotch-Irish: 2
Swedish: 1
Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
FORT KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (108 PLEASANT STREET in FORT KENT, ME)
(Geographic Names Information System) COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-15601 Organizations: MSAD 27 FORT KENT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
FORT KENT COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL (84 PLEASANT STREET in FORT KENT, ME)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-15604 Organizations: MSAD 27 FORT KENT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
FORT KENT UTILITY DISTRICT (WEST MARKET ST in FORT KENT, ME)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1997-0114, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
RAYCO FARMS (RR2 BOX 783 in FORT KENT, ME)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1998-0136, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION Business SIC classification: IRISH POTATOES
FORT KENT, TOWN OF (RTE. 161 in FORT KENT, ME)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: REFUSE SYSTEMS Organizations: FORT KENT WWTF (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: FORT KENT WATER & SEWER DEPT, FORT KENT WWTP, WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
DAIGLE & HOUGHTON INC (77 MARKET ST in FORT KENT, ME)
HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification USED OIL PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, JOHN R DAIGLE (CONTACT/OWNER)
NORTHERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER (143 EAST MAIN STREET in FORT KENT, ME)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Business SIC classification: GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS
NORTHLAND AVIATION INC (MARKET ST in FORT KENT, ME)
IRVING FORT KENT MAINWAY (308 WEST MAIN STREET in FORT KENT, ME)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: IRVING OIL CORP (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
FORT KENT HIGH SCHOOL (51 PLEASANT STREET in FORT KENT, ME)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
FORT KENT PUBLIC WORKS (542 WEST MAIN ST in FORT KENT, ME)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
FT KENT HIGH SCHOOL (108 PLEASANT ST in FT KENT, ME)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
MAINE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT 27 (8 WEST MAIN STREET in FORT KENT, ME)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) Alternative names: SAD 27
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4.3%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (76%)
Wood (11%)
Electricity (3%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Other fuel (2%)
Coal or coke (2%)
No fuel used (2%)
Solar energy (1%)
Population in 1990: 6,076. Population change in the 1990s: -1,174 (-19.3%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 3,780
Northeast: 409
Midwest: 63
South: 41
West: 68
64% of the 04743 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Maine.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 85
Here:
15.2%
Maine:
8.4%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
Here:
4.2%
Maine:
11.1%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 247
Here:
44.5%
Maine:
28.9%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
DAIGLE OIL COMPANY (155 W MAIN ST in FORT KENT, ME; small business) : $1,320,480 in 9 contractsfrom 2004 to 2006
Contracts for Fuel Oils by Defense Logistics Agency, Public Buildings Service Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $6,913; 2005: $498,637; 2006: $814,930.
Biggest contracts:
$805,270 with Defense Logistics Agency for Fuel Oils. Signed on 2006-01-19. Completion date: 2011-01-31.
$470,330, same as above.Signed on 2005-02-16. Completion date: 2006-07-31.
$9,827 with Public Buildings Service for Fuel Oils. Signed on 2005-09-27. Completion date: 2005-09-27.
$9,660, same as above.Signed on 2006-01-04. Completion date: 2006-01-04.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (250-499 employees: 1 establishment)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Telemarketing Bureaus (100-249: 1)