Property Tax & Income in Lincoln County, Maine
Lincoln County has an effective property tax rate of 0.85%. On the median home value of $332,700, that's roughly $2,828 per year. Median household income is $76,875.
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 | Lincoln County | Maine (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.85% | 1.04% |
| Median home value1 | $332,700 | — |
| 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 Lincoln County, ME
Lincoln County's effective property tax rate of 0.850% sits below Maine's statewide median of 1.042%, and the county ranks 15th out of 16 on that measure — only one county in the state taxes property more lightly relative to value. The rate also edges past the national median of 0.794%, so Lincoln County looks inexpensive next to its own state but slightly above average against the country as a whole. A median home value of $332,700 produces an annual tax bill of about $2,828. With median household income at $76,875 and per-capita income of $45,631, that bill equals roughly 3.7% of household income. Communities such as Coopers Mills, Dresden, and Jefferson share in this pattern, which signals a county where property taxes weigh less heavily than in most of Maine.