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Houlton CDP, Maine: commercial real estate data.
Houlton CDP is a Census CDP of 5,082 people across 5.26 square miles of land, in Aroostook County. Median household income is $59,236, 64.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.1 m.
76 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Houlton
What Houlton is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area5.26 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land967
- County holding the largest share of its areaAroostook County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Houlton
How many people live in Houlton
- Population5,082
- Median age45.0
- Population under 18929 plus or minus 240
- Share under 1818.3 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Population 65 and over1,282
- Share 65 and over25.2 percent
- Households2,205
- Family households1,128
- Share of households that are families51.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Houlton
Income and work in Houlton
- Median household income$59,236 plus or minus $15,384
- Per capita income$34,646
- Civilian labor force2,407
- Employed2,084
- Unemployed323 plus or minus 279
- Unemployment rate13.4 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Adults 25 and over3,621
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Houlton
Housing in Houlton
- Housing units2,415
- Occupied units2,205
- Vacant units210 plus or minus 129
- Vacancy rate8.7 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Owner occupied1,416
- Renter occupied789 plus or minus 176
- Ownership rate64.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$129,600 plus or minus $39,611
- Median gross rent, monthly$814
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.5 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Single family units1,669
- Share single family69.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more738 plus or minus 193
- Share in buildings of two or more30.6 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 14
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Houlton
How Houlton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,951
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,631
- Share commuting under 15 minutes83.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more151 plus or minus 79
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more7.7 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Drove alone80.1 percent
- Carpooled12.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home6.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Houlton
SBA loans in Houlton (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$1,133,800
- Average approval$188,967
- Median approval$76,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$500,000
- Largest approval$500,000
- Jobs supported84
- Jobs per approval14.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises16.7 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Houlton
SBA loans in Houlton (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$377,000
- Average approval$377,000
- Median approval$377,000
- Largest approval$377,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Aroostook County, not Houlton
Aroostook County context, not Houlton figures
These are Aroostook County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Houlton measurements.
- Establishments in Aroostook County1,903
- Employment at those establishments, Aroostook County19,837
- Covered employment, Aroostook County25,999
- Average annual pay, Aroostook County$51,148
- Average weekly wage, Aroostook County$984
- Housing units permitted, Aroostook County82
- Of those, single family, Aroostook County60
- County product, 2024, Aroostook County$3,669,941,000
- County product change over the prior year, Aroostook County6.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Aroostook County$62,185
Every figure in this section is published for Aroostook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Houlton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Houlton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Houlton, Maine?
5,082, in 2,205 households. Houlton CDP covers 5.26 square miles of land, which is 967 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Houlton in?
Aroostook County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Houlton?
$59,236. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $129,600. Median gross rent is $814 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Houlton businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $1.1 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $76,800, plus 1 504 approvals worth $377,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Houlton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Houlton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Houlton. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Houlton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Aroostook County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Houlton.
Is zoning published for Houlton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.