Maine Property Taxes by County

What will owning cost each year and at closing?

About these estimates

Yearly tax is your price times the county’s typical effective rate from Census survey data. Your actual bill depends on how the county values the home. Closing costs shown are the ones we have data for: title insurance, recording and transfer tax.

Median annual real estate taxes paid and the effective rate (tax divided by median home value) for all 16 Maine counties, highest rate first, per the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

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Maine counties
CountyMedian taxEffective rateMedian home
Androscoggin County$2,9131.26%$232,000
Penobscot County$2,4351.26%$193,800
Knox County$3,6431.25%$290,800
Aroostook County$1,6111.22%$131,700
Somerset County$1,7981.16%$155,200
Kennebec County$2,5101.14%$219,900
Sagadahoc County$3,3651.12%$300,200
Washington County$1,6541.12%$147,100
Cumberland County$4,5771.11%$411,400
Oxford County$2,1031.09%$192,300
Waldo County$2,5931.08%$239,100
Franklin County$1,8971.07%$176,700
York County$3,6911.03%$357,200
Piscataquis County$1,4870.97%$153,300
Lincoln County$2,8500.93%$306,200
Hancock County$2,4450.88%$278,400

Sources

Figures are computed from the documents above and rounded to the dollar. All sources.

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