The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Caribou has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Caribou a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Caribou spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.27 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Caribou does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Caribou is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.65% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Caribou in 2022 was $36,303, which is middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,212 for a family of four. However, Caribou contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Caribou home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Caribou residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Caribou include French, English, French Canadian, Irish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Caribou is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Polish.
