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The median home value in Hampden, ME is $361,062 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.97% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$361,062
Year-over-Year
+2.97%
Population
8,057
Hampden ranks #26 of 49 Maine cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 0.2% below the state's city median of $361,654. It sits in Penobscot County, where the county-wide median is $286,656.
Median household income in Hampden is $112,228, so the typical home value is about 3.2× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Hampden police recorded a violent crime rate of 12 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 472 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Hampden, that value is $361,062. That's up 2.97% from a year earlier. It is about 0.2% below the typical Maine city tracked here.
Homes in Hampden are more expensive than Penobscot County as a whole, where the median is $286,656 — a difference of about 26.0%.
Median household income here is $112,228, so the typical home value is about 3.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Hampden police reported 12 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 8,057. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.