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Housing in Avon

A typical Avon home is worth roughly $142,000

Typical home value
$142K
ME $416K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,170
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,469
ME $3,036

What kind of housing town is Avon?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Avon

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$287,000
Typical Avon home $142K

That covers a typical Avon home, with $145K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$860
Loan $700Tax $120Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,170 a month here, $310 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Maine typical property tax (1.02% 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

79% of Avon households own their home

Half of Avon’s homes were built before 1987.

Owners and renters
Own 79%Rent 21%

Maine: 74% own.

1987
typical home built · ME 1977
$1,469
median property tax bill · ME $3,036
44%
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 $1,170

Renters already here pay a median of $465, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$810
1 bedroom$890
2 bedrooms$1,170
3 bedrooms$1,560
4 bedrooms$1,590
21%
of households rent · ME 26%
20
renter households
$465
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Franklin 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

Avon vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Avon$142K*—$1,170—$63,125
Strong$242K−1.5%$1,230—$47,557
Phillips$218K+3.8%$1,1709$45,385
Temple$240K+1.1%$1,2001$56,087
Weld$266K−8.7%$1,1507$62,083

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.

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