Property Tax & Income in York County, Maine
York County has an effective property tax rate of 0.96%. On the median home value of $395,700, that's roughly $3,787 per year. Median household income is $88,333.
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 | York County | Maine (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.96% | 1.04% |
| Median home value1 | $395,700 | — |
| 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 York County, ME
York County’s effective property tax rate of 0.957% sits below Maine’s statewide median of 1.042%, placing it 13th among the state’s 16 counties — a lower-tax position within Maine. Against the national median of 0.794%, however, this county runs higher. On a median home value of $395,700, that rate yields an annual tax bill of about $3,787, set beside a median household income of $88,333 and per-capita income of $47,536. Communities such as Berwick, Cape Neddick, and Eliot reflect the county’s mix of small towns and coastal villages. The pattern signals a county that taxes property more gently than much of Maine but still above the country as a whole, so homeowners here may find their bills comparatively favorable within the state even as they exceed the national benchmark.