Housing · Calais
Calais, ME housing market
The typical Calais home is worth about $161,000, up 2.5% in a year, 61% below the Maine typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Calais compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
The market right now
Calais at a glance
Typical home value
$161K
▲ 2.5% in a year · Zillow
Ten-year trend
Typical home value, 2016–2026
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Show as a table
| January | Calais | Maine |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $73,000 | $207,000 |
| 2018 | $79,000 | $220,000 |
| 2019 | $81,000 | $234,000 |
| 2020 | $84,000 | $246,000 |
| 2021 | $107,000 | $287,000 |
| 2022 | $125,000 | $335,000 |
| 2023 | $141,000 | $367,000 |
| 2024 | $154,000 | $398,000 |
| 2025 | $159,000 | $411,000 |
| 2026 | $159,000 | $412,000 |
| August 2026 | $161,000 | $416,000 |
Affordability
2.5 years of income
The typical Calais home costs about 2.5 years of the town's median household income, less than across Maine (5.6 years).
How Calais ranks on affordability →
Home value ÷ ACS median household income.
The homes
Owners, rent & taxes
Homeownership
73.4%
Maine: 74.3%
Median tax bill
$1,684
Maine: $3,036
Median rent
$1,010
Maine: $1,139
Typical home built
1969
Maine: 1977
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Listings link to their publishers.