Property Tax & Income in Washington County, Maine
Washington County has an effective property tax rate of 1.04%. On the median home value of $161,800, that's roughly $1,683 per year. Median household income is $56,024.
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 | Washington County | Maine (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.04% | 1.04% |
| Median home value1 | $161,800 | — |
| 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 Washington County, ME
Washington County offers one of Maine's more affordable entry points for homebuyers, with a median home value of $161,800. At an effective property tax rate of 1.040%, the median annual tax bill comes to $1,683 — a figure that sits below the statewide median rate of 1.042% and ranks 11th among Maine's 16 counties. That ranking places the county in the lower half of the state for property tax rates, even though the national median of 0.794% is lower still. Households here earn a median of $56,024, with per-capita income at $33,745, so the tax bill absorbs a meaningful but not overwhelming share of annual earnings. Buyers looking in Brookton, Lambert Lake, or Topsfield will find that low home prices keep overall housing costs down, even if the tax rate itself is only slightly below the state average.