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Counties With the Lowest Monthly Housing Payment in Maine (2026)

Aroostook has the lowest monthly housing payment of any county in Maine, at $1,151, followed by Washington and Piscataquis. Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-06. The full ranking of the top 16 counties is below.

Data updated June 2026 - Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized)

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Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Maine

Top 16 of 16 counties with data.

Ranked by monthly payment (piti) (Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-06), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Maine
RankCountyValue
1Aroostook$1,151
2Washington$1,387
3Piscataquis$1,500
4Somerset$1,543
5Penobscot$1,845
6Franklin$1,883
7Oxford$2,062
8Kennebec$2,064
9Androscoggin$2,141
10Waldo$2,227
11Hancock$2,631
12Sagadahoc$2,761
13Lincoln$2,775
14Knox$2,860
15York$3,261
16Cumberland$3,525

How this ranking works

This page ranks Maine counties by monthly payment (piti), sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For monthly housing payment, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh monthly housing payment against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of monthly payment (piti).

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