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Housing costs in Penobscot County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,041 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $997 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $932 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $870 | ± $22 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $214,100 | ± $4,463 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $193,800 | ± $4,708 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $176,700 | ± $4,206 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $157,100 | ± $2,658 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.2 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.2 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.3 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.0 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Penobscot County is $1,041, above the Maine median of $1,016 across 16 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.