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The median home value in Hancock County, ME is $432,155 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.47% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$432,155
Year-over-Year
+2.47%
National Rank
#343 of 3071
Hancock County ranks 6th out of 16 counties in ME by median home price, and is +84.4% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within ME, the typical county has a median home value of $331,668, making Hancock County +30.3% above the ME state median.
Households here earn a median of $72,744 a year against a typical home value of $432,155 — a price-to-income ratio of 5.9×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 93% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Hancock County recorded a violent crime rate of 97 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 1,206 per 100,000.
Based on 5 reporting cities covering 23,716 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Hancock County is $432,155. That's up 2.47% from a year earlier. That is about 84.4% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Hancock County the 6th most expensive of 16 counties in Maine.
Median household income here is $72,744, so a typical home costs about 5.9× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Hancock County recorded 97 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 23,716 residents across 5 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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