It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Caribou has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Caribou has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Caribou than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Caribou may be for you.
One of the benefits of Caribou is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.27 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Caribou does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Caribou is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 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.
