Property Tax & Income in Sagadahoc County, Maine
Sagadahoc County has an effective property tax rate of 1.04%. On the median home value of $333,300, that's roughly $3,470 per year. Median household income is $87,806.
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 | Sagadahoc County | Maine (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.04% | 1.04% |
| Median home value1 | $333,300 | — |
| 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 Sagadahoc County, ME
Sagadahoc County’s effective property tax rate of 1.041% lands almost exactly on Maine’s statewide median of 1.042%, effectively a tie with the middle of the state. Among Maine’s 16 counties, Sagadahoc ranks 10th, placing it in the lower-middle tier — below the state’s midpoint but not among its cheapest. Against the national median of 0.794%, however, the county’s rate runs noticeably higher, as is common across much of New England. On a median home value of $333,300, that rate yields an annual tax bill near $3,470, set against a median household income of $87,806 and per-capita income of $47,808. Topsham, the largest of the county’s principal communities, anchors a stretch of towns along the lower Kennebec. The takeaway: property taxes here track the state norm closely, while exceeding what most American homeowners pay.