Home values, rents and more in the Portland metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Portland metro compares
The typical home in the Portland metro area is worth about $537,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Portland metro are 30% above the typical value in Maine ($412,000) and 47% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Portland metro rose 2.1%, compared with +1.6% in Maine and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,296 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 24% above Maine ($1,850) and 19% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $92,175, against $74,733 in Maine and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 577,635 people live in the Portland metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Portland metro has the 63rd-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the highest of 4 in Maine with Zillow figures.
Part of: Maine
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Portland metro
Cities in the Portland metro
- Portland, ME $554,000
- South Portland, ME $519,000
- Scarborough, ME $689,000
- Biddeford, ME $506,000
- Sanford, ME $372,000
- Saco, ME $522,000
- Westbrook, ME $456,000
- Windham, ME $492,000
- Brunswick, ME $497,000
- York, ME $760,000
- Wells, ME $589,000
- Cape Elizabeth, ME $894,000
- Old Orchard Beach, ME $509,000
- Bath, ME $375,000
- Cumberland, ME $747,000
- Buxton, ME $469,000
- Waterboro, ME $405,000
- Gorham, ME $541,000
- Topsham, ME $469,000
- Eliot, ME $610,000
- Lebanon, ME $406,000
- Yarmouth, ME $763,000
- Kennebunk, ME $618,000
- New Gloucester, ME $433,000
- Kittery, ME $684,000
- Harpswell, ME $719,000
- Hollis, ME $431,000
- Lyman, ME $474,000
- Raymond, ME $500,000
- Arundel, ME $537,000
- North Yarmouth, ME $694,000
- Limington, ME $415,000
- Limerick, ME $410,000
- South Berwick, ME $526,000
- Bowdoin, ME $416,000
- Woolwich, ME $417,000
- Shapleigh, ME $413,000
- Acton, ME $473,000
- Harrison, ME $415,000
- Dayton, ME $492,000
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.