A typical Mars Hill home is worth roughly $164,000
No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Mars Hill?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.5 years of income
Less than across Maine (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Mars Hill home, with $82K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $120 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mars Hill’s typical property tax (1.13% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130
Renters already here pay a median of $488, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Aroostook County, ME): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Mars Hill in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Mars Hill's population fell by 133 even though 15 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $248,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 2 | $478,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $459,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $220,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $125,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $380,000 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $800,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $225,000 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $605,000 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $267,000 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $748,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2000 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $380,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
71% of Mars Hill households own their home
Half of Mars Hill’s homes were built before 1967.
Maine: 74% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Mars Hill vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Mars Hill. 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.
On the market in Mars Hill
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Mars Hill buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.