Property Tax & Income in Androscoggin County, Maine
Androscoggin County has an effective property tax rate of 1.16%. On the median home value of $252,800, that's roughly $2,940 per year. Median household income is $67,873.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Androscoggin County | Maine (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.16% | 1.04% |
| Median home value1 | $252,800 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 7.15% | top rate 7.15% |
| State sales tax3 | 5.50% combined | 5.50% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Androscoggin County, ME
In Androscoggin County, Maine, the median home value of $252,800 carries an annual property tax bill of about $2,940, based on an effective rate of 1.163%. That rate sits above Maine's statewide median of 1.042% and ranks second among the state's 16 counties, so buyers here should expect to pay somewhat more in taxes than in much of the rest of Maine. Nationally, the gap is wider still, since the U.S. median effective rate is 0.794%. Affordability depends heavily on income: the county's median household income is $67,873, with per-capita income at $36,085. Auburn, the largest of the area's principal communities, anchors a housing market where purchase prices stay below many coastal alternatives even though the tax rate runs high. For a buyer weighing those tradeoffs, the lower sticker price may offset the steeper rate.