Home values, rents and more in Orono, ME
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Orono compares
The typical home in Orono, ME is worth about $309,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Orono are 11% above the typical value in the Bangor metro area ($277,000) and 16% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Orono rose 1.8%, compared with +2.0% in the Bangor metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,900 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 1.9 times the Bangor metro area ($1,512) and 1.5 times the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $59,784, against $66,356 in the Bangor metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 11,151 people live in Orono (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Orono has the 10th-highest typical home value of the 38 cities in the Bangor metro area and the 151st-lowest of 336 in Maine with Zillow figures.
Part of: Penobscot County, ME · Bangor metro area · Maine
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.