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Housing in Masardis

A typical Masardis home is worth roughly $126,000

Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.

Typical home value
$126K
ME $416K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,440
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$914
ME $3,036

What kind of housing town is Masardis?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Masardis

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You could afford about
$287,000
Typical Masardis home $126K

That covers a typical Masardis home, with $161K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$770
Loan $630Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,440 a month here, $670 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

97% of Masardis households own their home

Half of Masardis’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 97%Rent 3%

Maine: 74% own.

1976
typical home built · ME 1977
$914
median property tax bill · ME $3,036
31%
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 $1,440

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,110
1 bedroom$1,120
2 bedrooms$1,440
3 bedrooms$1,970
4 bedrooms$2,050
3%
of households rent · ME 26%
3
renter households

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.

New construction

1 new home permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 1 new home in Masardis in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Masardis has permitted 2 homes in all.

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
2
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−45
New homes+1

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Masardis's population fell by 45 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 31% of Masardis's homes are seasonal or vacation homes, which adds housing without adding residents. Across Maine: 0.9 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025110$32,000
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019110$40,000
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006110$171,000
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001110$121,000
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Masardis vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Masardis. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Masardis$126K*—$1,4401$67,650
Ashland$125K*—$1,4404$46,838

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. 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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