housing costs · Maine
Housing costs in Somerset 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 | $910 | ± $45 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $887 | ± $49 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $849 | ± $35 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $767 | ± $39 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $166,900 | ± $5,189 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $155,200 | ± $6,500 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $150,500 | ± $5,229 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $124,200 | ± $6,195 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 27.6 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.5 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 27.5 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.5 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Somerset County is $910, below 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.