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Cost of living in Caribou, Maine

Caribou, Maine has about 7,382 people. Typical rent is $757 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $53,709 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #3 in Maine on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $757 a month.

Caribou is a city in Maine. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $53,709 a year.

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People
7,382
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$757
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$53,709
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$134,100
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,175
Aroostook County, ME

Caribou, Maine has about 7,382 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $134,100.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in this town's area (Aroostook County, ME) is $1,175 a month. That rate runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Maine's prices sit at 97.0 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Maine taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Caribou's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Maine home paid 32.41¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Caribou's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Maine in the table we use.

Among 95 places we list in Maine with a rent figure, 81 have higher typical rent than Caribou.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.