A typical Alton home is worth roughly $180,000
Home prices around Alton have risen about 67% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Alton?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.9 years of income
Less than across Maine (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Alton home, with $68K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,670 a month here, $610 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Alton’s typical property tax (0.82% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 67% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Alton rose 67% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Maine. Last year prices rose 1.1%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Alton, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,670
Renters already here pay a median of $866, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Bangor, ME HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Alton in 2025. The last year with any was 2022 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Alton's population fell by 61 even though 10 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Maine: 0.9 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $94,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $94,000 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $51,000 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $202,000 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $496,000 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $480,000 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $549,000 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $400,000 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $540,000 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $480,000 |
Alton's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
84% of Alton households own their home
Half of Alton’s homes were built before 1988.
Maine: 74% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Alton vs. its neighbors
Alton is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.