Census-designated place Dover-Foxcroft is a census-designated place in Maine, in Piscataquis County. A census-designated place is an unincorporated community that the Census Bureau defines for statistics; it has no city government of its own.
The median owner-occupied home in Dover-Foxcroft had a real-estate tax bill of $1,777 (± $273) a year, compared with $2,926 in Maine and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $137,500 (± $21,149), compared with $266,400 in Maine and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Dover-Foxcroft | Maine | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,758 ± 402 | 1,377,400 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $1,777 ± $273 | $2,926 ± $22 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $137,500 ± $21,149 | $266,400 ± $2,109 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $51,919 ± $14,884rough guide only: the margin of error is 29% of the estimate | $71,773 ± $660 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 1.29% ± 0.28 points | 1.10% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 55.1% ± 9.1 points | 74.0% ± 0.5 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 35.9% ± 13.4 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 37% of the estimate | 35.0% ± 0.3 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | Too imprecise to report (estimate 20.3%, margin of error ± 15.1 points) | 22.0% ± 0.5 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
If property taxes go unpaid in Maine
How it works. Municipal tax-lien mortgage recorded against real estate; automatic foreclosure if unredeemed after statutory period, subject to notice safeguards
Excess sale money. Current §943-C requires former-owner excess-sale-proceeds treatment for tax-acquired property; if municipality retains property, it must obtain appraisal and pay calculated excess proceeds. Notice and claim procedures apply
These rules are set by Maine, not by Dover-Foxcroft, so this section is the same for every place in the state. Last verified 2026-09-25. See the full Maine entry with statute links.