A typical Andover home is worth roughly $168,000
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Andover?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.4 years of income
Less than across Maine (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Andover home, with $26K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150 a month here, $140 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Andover’s typical property tax (0.90% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
1 of Andover’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Andover’s homes were built before 1976.
Maine: 74% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Oxford County, ME): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Andover in 2025, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Andover has permitted 135 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Andover's population fell by 69 even though 30 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 45% of Andover's homes are seasonal or vacation homes, which adds housing without adding residents. 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) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $311,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $622,000 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $601,000 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2020 | 102 | 102 | 0 | $25.3 million |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $188,000 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $188,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $187,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $422,000 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $422,000 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $591,000 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $661,000 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $475,000 |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $230,000 |
| 2004 | 17 | 17 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $265,000 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $167,000 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $172,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $150,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Andover vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Andover. 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
What Andover buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.