MAINE PROPERTY TAX · 2026
Maine property tax calculator
Maine's effective property tax rate is 0.984%: owner-occupiers paid a median $3,036 a year on homes with a median value of $296,600. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $2,952.00 a year.
Property tax estimate
- Property tax a year
- $2,952.00
- A month
- $246.00
- Rate
- 0.984%, statewide
Maine property tax by county
| County | Effective rate | Median tax | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Androscoggin County | 1.185% | $2,940 | $252,800 |
| Aroostook County | 1.064% | $1,672 | $149,700 |
| Cumberland County | 1.008% | $4,707 | $451,200 |
| Franklin County | 0.992% | $2,027 | $194,700 |
| Hancock County | 0.836% | $2,561 | $310,400 |
| Kennebec County | 1.041% | $2,605 | $238,200 |
| Knox County | 1.078% | $3,786 | $324,900 |
| Lincoln County | 0.847% | $2,828 | $332,700 |
| Oxford County | 0.874% | $2,162 | $217,300 |
| Penobscot County | 1.107% | $2,481 | $214,100 |
| Piscataquis County | 0.776% | $1,537 | $170,200 |
| Sagadahoc County | 0.987% | $3,470 | $333,300 |
| Somerset County | 0.99% | $1,798 | $166,900 |
| Waldo County | 0.998% | $2,684 | $257,700 |
| Washington County | 0.931% | $1,683 | $161,800 |
| York County | 0.893% | $3,787 | $395,700 |
Maine homestead exemption
- Maine's homestead exemption takes $25,000 of just value off a permanent residence.
This is the property tax homestead exemption, not the homestead exemption that protects a home from creditors in bankruptcy.
Maine property tax questions
How much is property tax in Maine?
Maine's effective property tax rate is 0.984%: owner-occupiers paid a median $3,036 a year on homes with a median value of $296,600. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $2,952.00 a year.
Which county in Maine has the highest property tax?
Androscoggin County, with an effective rate of 1.185%; Piscataquis County has the lowest, at 0.776%. On a $300,000 home that is $3,555.00 a year in Androscoggin County and $2,328.00 in Piscataquis County.
Does Maine have a homestead exemption?
Maine's homestead exemption takes $25,000 of just value off a permanent residence. The calculator does not subtract it: the rates already reflect the exemptions owners received.
Why might a Maine tax bill differ from this estimate?
The rate is what owner-occupiers in Maine paid on average in 2020 through 2024, as a share of their homes' value. An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
What the calculator leaves out
- The rate is the total real estate tax owner-occupiers reported paying divided by the total value they reported for their homes, not a tax rate set by law.
- The rate already reflects the exemptions, caps and credits typical owner-occupiers received, so the calculator does not subtract a homestead exemption again.
- An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
- Survey estimates for small counties have wide margins of error.
Rates and medians are American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates: taxes owners paid in those years, not 2026 bills.
Sources
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25090: aggregate real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25082: aggregate value of owner-occupied homes
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25103: median real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25077: median home value
- Maine Revised Statutes 36-683