The median owner-occupied home in Aroostook County had a real-estate tax bill of $1,611 (± $56) a year, compared with $2,926 in Maine and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $131,700 (± $6,465), compared with $266,400 in Maine and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Aroostook County | Maine | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 67,227 | 1,377,400 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $1,611 ± $56 | $2,926 ± $22 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $131,700 ± $6,465 | $266,400 ± $2,109 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $54,254 ± $1,663 | $71,773 ± $660 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 1.22% ± 0.07 points | 1.10% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 74.4% ± 1.4 points | 74.0% ± 0.5 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 36.9% ± 1.3 points | 35.0% ± 0.3 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 18.2% ± 1.5 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.
Cities, towns and villages in Aroostook County (2)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in Aroostook County (15)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- Ashland
- Blaine
- Eagle Lake
- Fort Fairfield
- Fort Kent
- Grand Isle
- Houlton
- Island Falls
- Limestone
- Madawaska
- Mapleton
- Mars Hill
- Oakfield
- Van Buren
- Washburn
Towns and townships in Aroostook County (65)
- Allagash
- Ashland
- Bancroft UT
- Blaine
- Bridgewater
- Caribou city
- Castle Hill
- Caswell
- Central Aroostook UT
- Chapman
- Connor UT
- Crystal
- Cyr plantation
- Dyer Brook
- Eagle Lake
- Easton
- Fort Fairfield
- Fort Kent
- Frenchville
- Garfield plantation
- Grand Isle
- Hamlin
- Hammond
- Haynesville
- Hersey
- Hodgdon
- Houlton
- Island Falls
- Limestone
- Linneus
- Littleton
- Ludlow
- Madawaska
- Mapleton
- Mars Hill
- Masardis
- Merrill
- Monticello
- Moro plantation
- Nashville plantation
- New Canada
- New Limerick
- New Sweden
- Oakfield
- Orient
- Perham
- Portage Lake
- Presque Isle city
- Sherman
- Smyrna
- South Aroostook UT
- Square Lake UT
- St. Agatha
- St. Francis
- St. John plantation
- Stockholm
- Van Buren
- Wade
- Wallagrass
- Washburn
- Westfield
- Westmanland
- Weston
- Winterville plantation
- Woodland
Recognized by the Census Bureau, but no property tax figure published (4)
These places appear in the Census Bureau’s list of places and governmental units in Aroostook County, but its 2019–2023 survey publishes no median property tax bill for them (usually because too few households were sampled). They are listed here so that no place is overlooked. The county figures above are the closest available estimate.
- Amity town
- Glenwood plantation
- Macwahoc plantation
- Reed plantation
Other named communities in Aroostook County (163)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Acadia
- Adaline
- Back Settlement
- Bancroft
- Barretts
- Batesville
- Benedicta
- Bennett
- Bishop
- Blackstone
- Blackwater
- Boat Landing Camp
- Bradbury
- Bradburys
- Bridgewater Corner
- Brown Corner
- Buffalo
- Bugbee
- Burnt Landing
- Burnt Mill
- Butterfield Landing
- California
- Campbell
- Carriveau Mill
- Carson
- Cary
- Carys Mills
- City Camp Landing
- Clayton Lake
- Cleveland
- Colby
- Cote Corner
- Cropley Turn
- Cross Rock
- Crouseville
- Daaquam
- Daigle
- Daigle Mill
- Deadmans Corner
- Dickey
- Dudley
- East Hodgdon
- East Lyndon
- Easton Center
- Easton Station
- Estabrook Settlement
- Estcourt
- Fairmount
- Fort Kent Mills
- Four Corners
- Fournier
- Goodrich
- Goodwin
- Grass Corner
- Grassy Landing
- Green Ridge
- Greenlaw Crossing
- Grimes Mill
- Grindstone
- Griswold
- Guerette
- Halls Corner
- Hanford
- Harvey
- Hawkins
- High Landing
- Hill
- Hillman
- Hodgdon Corners
- Houghtonville
- Howe Brook
- Hurd
- Huson Landing
- Jackins Settlement
- Jemtland
- Jewells Corner
- Jones Mill
- Keegan
- Kennedy Terrace
- Kings Grove
- Knowles Corner
- Lac Frontiere
- Lavertue
- Lille
- Little Canada
- Maine
- Maple Grove
- Margison
- Maysville
- McGraw
- McKeen Crossing
- McNally
- McShea
- Michigan Settlement
- Molunkus
- Monarda
- Morey Brow
- Morris Corner
- New Sweden Station
- Nixon
- North Amity
- North Bancroft
- North Lyndon
- North Wade
- Notre Dame
- Ogren
- Ouellette
- Oxbow
- Parent
- Parkhurst
- Patten Junction
- Pauls
- Phair
- Pierre
- Plaisted
- Plourde Mill
- Portage
- Powers Corner
- Presque Isle Junction
- Pride
- Quimby
- Rand Landing
- Rands
- Roberts
- Robinson
- Round Mountain
- Russell Crossing
- Saint David
- Sawyer Corner
- Scopan
- Selden
- Sharp
- Sheridan
- Sherman Mills
- Shorey
- Silver Ridge
- Sinclair
- Skerry
- Smyrna Center
- Smyrna Mills
- Snow Settlement
- Soldier Pond
- Somers Corner
- South Amity
- South Bancroft
- Spaulding
- Spragueville
- State Road
- Stevensville
- Sugar Hill
- Sweden
- Timoney
- Upper Frenchville
- Violette Settlement
- Walker
- Walker Settlement
- Washburn Junction
- Weeksboro
- Wheelock
- Wheelock Mill
- Woodbridge Corner
- Woodland Center
- Wytopitlock