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The median home value in Kennebec County, ME is $324,605 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.77% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$324,605
Year-over-Year
+0.77%
National Rank
#799 of 3071
Kennebec County ranks 10th out of 16 counties in ME by median home price, and is +38.5% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within ME, the typical county has a median home value of $331,668, making Kennebec County -2.1% below the ME state median.
Households here earn a median of $69,077 a year against a typical home value of $324,605 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.7×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 79% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Kennebec County recorded a violent crime rate of 145 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 2,311 per 100,000.
Based on 8 reporting cities covering 68,941 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Kennebec County is $324,605. That's up 0.77% from a year earlier. That is about 38.5% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Kennebec County the 10th most expensive of 16 counties in Maine.
Median household income here is $69,077, so a typical home costs about 4.7× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Kennebec County recorded 145 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 68,941 residents across 8 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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