A typical Arrowsic home is worth roughly $584,000
Home prices around Arrowsic have risen about 72% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Arrowsic?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 5.9 years of income
More than across Maine (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $182K short of a typical Arrowsic home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,470 a month here, $1,890 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Arrowsic’s typical property tax (0.60% 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 Arrowsic’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Arrowsic’s homes were built before 1985.
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.
Home prices up 72% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Arrowsic rose 72% over the past 5 years, faster than across Maine (68%). Last year prices rose 2%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Arrowsic, 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 $1,470
Renters already here pay a median of $1,600.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Sagadahoc County, 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.
3 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Arrowsic in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.1 million to build. Over the past 10 years, Arrowsic has permitted 31 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Arrowsic gained 50 residents while 30 new homes were permitted: about 1.7 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. 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) | 2 | 2 | 0 | $715,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $680,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $598,000 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $598,000 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $448,000 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $448,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $448,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $448,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $448,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $448,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $448,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $448,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $299,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $448,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $448,000 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $598,000 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $598,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $299,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $448,000 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $598,000 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $598,000 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $598,000 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $755,000 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $420,000 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $410,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Arrowsic vs. its neighbors
Arrowsic is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowsic | $584K* | +2%† | $1,470 | 3 | $99,107 |
| Georgetown | $701K | +8.4% | $1,480 | 8 | $84,250 |
| Phippsburg | $476K | −1.6% | $1,400 | 18 | $107,833 |
| Woolwich | $423K | +1.9% | $2,020 | 22 | $102,175 |
| Bath | $379K | +0.5% | $1,470 | 104 | $69,390 |
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.
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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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.