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Cary is in Aroostook County, a county of 67,105 people (2020 Census) whose seat is Houlton. The county's largest communities are Presque Isle, Caribou, Houlton, Fort Kent, Madawaska.
67.8% of occupied homes in Aroostook County heat mainly with fuel oil or kerosene, 5.1% with propane, the median home was built in 1972 and 19.9% of units date from before 1940 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates). That mix decides what the local heating, plumbing and electrical trades spend their winters on.
- Aroostook County is known for potato farming and is a growing center for wind power.
- The county has hospitals in Presque Isle (Northern Light AR Gould), Caribou (Cary Medical Center), Houlton (Houlton Regional Hospital) and Fort Kent (Northern Maine Medical Center).
- Twin Rivers runs a large paper plant in Madawaska that gets pulp by pipeline from its sister mill across the border in Edmundston, New Brunswick.
- Caribou averages about 9,048 heating degree days a year and about 38 nights at or below 0°F (1991-2020 NOAA normals), so heating systems here work hard.
Median trade wages in the Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area area
- Electrician jobs in Cary: $35.50/hr median locally, $36.24 statewide
- Plumber jobs in Cary: $30.26/hr median locally, $30.77 statewide
- HVAC jobs in Cary: $29.79/hr median locally, $30.37 statewide
- CDL Driver jobs in Cary: $24.25/hr median locally, $27.43 statewide
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. HVAC covers heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration mechanics, which BLS counts together with oil and propane technicians.