Housing in Athens

A typical Athens home is worth roughly $153,000

Typical home value

$153K

ME $416K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,160

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,355

ME $3,036

What kind of housing town is Athens?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

Your money goes further63% below the Maine typical home.A second-home town29% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.A town of owners95% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3 years of income

Less than across Maine (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$199,000

Typical Athens home $153K

That covers a typical Athens home, with $46K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$920

Loan $760Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160 a month here, $240 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Hartland$193K Solon$214K Harmony$201K Cornville$276K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Athens’s typical property tax (0.89% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

95% of Athens households own their home

Half of Athens’s homes were built before 1985.

Owners and renters

Own 95%Rent 5%

Maine: 74% own.

1985

typical home built · ME 1977

$1,355

median property tax bill · ME $3,036

0.89%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · ME 1.02%

29%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160

Renters already here pay a median of $538, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$930

1 bedroom$990

2 bedrooms$1,160

3 bedrooms$1,540

4 bedrooms$1,660

of households rent · ME 26%

renter households

$538

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Somerset County, ME): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Athens vs. its neighbors

Athens is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Cornville$276K Solon$214K Harmony$201K Hartland$193K Athens$153K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Athens	$153K*	—	$1,160	—	$50,750
Hartland	$193K	+2.5%	$1,150	4	$46,141
Solon	$214K	+3.4%	$1,130	6	$69,205
Harmony	$201K	+5.1%	$1,290	—	$54,063
Cornville	$276K	+10.3%	$1,210	4	$79,926

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. 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.