The median home value in Orono, ME is $319,304 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.73% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$319,304
Year-over-Year
+0.73%
Population
12,641
Orono ranks #34 of 49 Maine cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 11.9% below the state's city median of $362,455. It sits in Penobscot County, where the county-wide median is $289,981.
Orono police recorded a violent crime rate of 48 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 103 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Orono is $319,304. That's up 0.73% from a year earlier. That is about 11.9% below the typical county in Maine.
Homes in Orono are more expensive than Penobscot County as a whole, where the median is $289,981 — a difference of about 10.1%.
Orono police reported 48 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 12,641. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.