Housing

Home values, rents, affordability, vacancy, and housing production across Maine. A typical home costs 35% more than five years ago.

$416.6K

typical home value

Values & rents

Typical home value

Zillow Home Value Index, statewide, monthly

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Typical home value — data table
Date	Zhvi
2024-06-01	407,841
2024-07-01	408,020
2024-08-01	408,537
2024-09-01	409,549
2024-10-01	410,735
2024-11-01	411,249
2024-12-01	411,880
2025-01-01	412,339
2025-02-01	413,195
2025-03-01	413,249
2025-04-01	413,305
2025-05-01	413,092
2025-06-01	412,472
2025-07-01	411,327
2025-08-01	410,107
2025-09-01	409,755
2025-10-01	410,103
2025-11-01	410,978
2025-12-01	412,136
2026-01-01	413,555
2026-02-01	414,784
2026-03-01	415,853
2026-04-01	416,377
2026-05-01	416,614

Most recent 24 of 317 rows shown.

Source: Zillow Home Value Index (research data)

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Typical rent

Statewide, by year and data source

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Typical rent — data table
Year	Acs
2,019	853
2,020	873
2,021	927
2,022	1,009
2,023	1,084
2,024	1,139

Source: Maine housing data portal

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Home-price appreciation

Year-over-year change in the Maine House Price Index, quarterly since 1976

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Home-price appreciation — data table
Date	Yoy
2020-04-01	5.2
2020-07-01	6.2
2020-10-01	8.6
2021-01-01	10.9
2021-04-01	16.1
2021-07-01	21.5
2021-10-01	20.8
2022-01-01	21.3
2022-04-01	22.6
2022-07-01	16.9
2022-10-01	13.6
2023-01-01	11.4
2023-04-01	9.1
2023-07-01	10.3
2023-10-01	8.4
2024-01-01	9.2
2024-04-01	7.3
2024-07-01	5.2
2024-10-01	7.4
2025-01-01	6.5
2025-04-01	5.7
2025-07-01	5.3
2025-10-01	5.6
2026-01-01	4.9

Most recent 24 of 201 rows shown.

Source: FHFA House Price Index via FRED

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Ownership

Homeownership rate

Share of occupied homes that are owner-occupied, statewide

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Homeownership rate — data table
Year	Rate
2,002	74
2,003	73.7
2,004	74.7
2,005	73.9
2,006	75.3
2,007	74.3
2,008	73.9
2,009	74
2,010	73.8
2,011	73.9
2,012	74.1
2,013	73.5
2,014	71
2,015	69.9
2,016	72.6
2,017	71
2,018	71.2
2,019	73.8
2,020	77.1
2,021	75.9
2,022	74.9
2,023	75.5
2,024	73.8
2,025	74.7

Most recent 24 of 42 rows shown.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau / CPS via FRED

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Homeownership by county

Share of owner-occupied homes, latest 5-year estimate

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71.3%85.2%no data

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Homeownership by county — data table
County	Value
Androscoggin	71.3
Aroostook	79
Cumberland	75.1
Franklin	81
Hancock	81.6
Kennebec	77.7
Knox	82.8
Lincoln	85.2
Oxford	84.3
Penobscot	74.2
Piscataquis	81.9
Sagadahoc	80.4
Somerset	80.2
Waldo	84.5
Washington	82.5
York	80.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS via FRED

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Affordability

Cost-burdened renters

Share paying over 30% of income on housing, 2024

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Cost-burdened renters — data table
Label	Value
Single parent	71.86
Black	62.06
Seniors	57.73
Asian	57.22
All renters	48.43
Hispanic	48.33
Other	48.16
White	48.16
With children	46.93

Source: Maine housing data portal

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Homelessness

People experiencing homelessness on a single January night — sheltered and unsheltered

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Homelessness — data table
Year	Sheltered	Unsheltered
2,007	2,576	62
2,008	2,588	44
2,009	2,406	38
2,010	2,351	28
2,011	2,418	29
2,012	2,360	33
2,013	2,954	62
2,014	2,633	93
2,015	2,313	59
2,016	2,121	120
2,017	2,100	180
2,018	2,418	98
2,019	2,011	95
2,020	1,956	141
2,021	2,063	0
2,022	4,247	164
2,023	3,959	299
2,024	2,429	273
2,025	2,132	281

Source: HUD Point-in-Time counts

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Vacancy & evictions

Eviction filings

Maine state courts, monthly since 2009

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Eviction filings — data table
Date	Count
2024-05-01	429
2024-06-01	309
2024-07-01	416
2024-08-01	472
2024-09-01	396
2024-10-01	449
2024-11-01	324
2024-12-01	305
2025-01-01	376
2025-02-01	322
2025-03-01	294
2025-04-01	379
2025-05-01	370
2025-06-01	354
2025-07-01	412
2025-08-01	363
2025-09-01	414
2025-10-01	401
2025-11-01	346
2025-12-01	350
2026-01-01	329
2026-02-01	356
2026-03-01	377
2026-04-01	366

Most recent 24 of 208 rows shown.

Source: Maine housing data portal

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Vacancy rates

Share of rental and owner homes vacant, statewide

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Vacancy rates — data table
Year	Rental	Homeowner
2,014	7.16	2.18
2,015	6.59	2
2,016	6.38	1.96
2,017	6.81	1.89
2,018	6.46	1.81
2,019	6	1.79
2,020	5.92	1.47
2,021	5.27	1.17
2,022	4.61	1.04
2,023	4.34	0.86
2,024	4.2	0.69

Source: Maine housing data portal

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Building & production

Building permits

Housing units authorized statewide, monthly

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Building permits — data table
Date	Total	Single
2024-06-01	589	443
2024-07-01	536	440
2024-08-01	599	497
2024-09-01	491	428
2024-10-01	515	398
2024-11-01	387	317
2024-12-01	403	275
2025-01-01	490	255
2025-02-01	357	208
2025-03-01	724	416
2025-04-01	663	524
2025-05-01	618	441
2025-06-01	574	427
2025-07-01	576	500
2025-08-01	505	399
2025-09-01	536	404
2025-10-01	691	467
2025-11-01	479	347
2025-12-01	355	245
2026-01-01	274	206
2026-02-01	509	198
2026-03-01	393	280
2026-04-01	737	458
2026-05-01	601	425

Most recent 24 of 461 rows shown.

Source: U.S. Census via FRED

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Housing needed by 2030

Projected units needed, by region

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Housing needed by 2030 — data table
Region	Historic deficit	Future need
Cumberland	10,200	8,600
York	5,500	11,100
Kennebec	4,600	5,100
Androscoggin	3,800	2,700
Penobscot	2,700	3,000
Oxford	1,700	2,300
Hancock	1,500	2,200
Waldo	950	2,300
Knox	1,100	1,700
Washington	460	1,900
Aroostook	1,100	1,100
Somerset	1,500	600
Sagadahoc	1,100	950
Lincoln	870	1,100
Franklin	900	1,000
Piscataquis	510	110

Source: Maine housing data portal

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Deed-restricted affordable homes

Total active units statewide

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Deed-restricted affordable homes — data table
Year	Total active units
2,010	21,682
2,011	21,982
2,012	22,603
2,013	23,134
2,014	23,343
2,015	23,761
2,016	24,314
2,017	24,807
2,018	25,431
2,019	26,012
2,020	26,259
2,021	26,696
2,022	26,756
2,023	27,452
2,024	27,979
2,025	28,347

Source: Maine housing data portal

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