Property Tax & Income in Aroostook County, Maine
Aroostook County has an effective property tax rate of 1.12%. On the median home value of $149,700, that's roughly $1,672 per year. Median household income is $56,700.
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 | Aroostook County | Maine (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.12% | 1.04% |
| Median home value1 | $149,700 | — |
| 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 Aroostook County, ME
Aroostook County’s effective property tax rate of 1.117% sits above Maine’s statewide median of 1.042%, placing it fourth among the state’s 16 counties. That gap is narrow but consistent, and it means owners in places like Houlton and the smaller communities of Orient and Wytopitlock pay a slightly larger share of their property’s worth each year than many other Mainers. Against the national median of 0.794%, the county’s rate runs noticeably higher, a common pattern in New England, where local governments lean on the property tax to fund services. With a median home value of $149,700, the annual bill comes to about $1,672, set against a median household income of $56,700 and per-capita income of $34,879. The rate itself is mid-pack for Maine; the real story is the underlying tax base, which is thinner than in southern parts of the state.