Housing · Mount Desert
Mount Desert, ME housing market
The typical Mount Desert home is worth about $931,000, up 0.5% in a year, 124% above the Maine typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Mount Desert compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
The market right now
Mount Desert at a glance
Typical home value
$931K
▲ 0.5% in a year · Zillow
Ten-year trend
Typical home value, 2016–2026
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Show as a table
| January | Mount Desert | Maine |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $492,000 | $207,000 |
| 2018 | $507,000 | $220,000 |
| 2019 | $526,000 | $234,000 |
| 2020 | $539,000 | $246,000 |
| 2021 | $629,000 | $287,000 |
| 2022 | $786,000 | $335,000 |
| 2023 | $856,000 | $367,000 |
| 2024 | $918,000 | $398,000 |
| 2025 | $950,000 | $411,000 |
| 2026 | $911,000 | $412,000 |
| August 2026 | $931,000 | $416,000 |
Next door
Mount Desert and its neighbors
The towns that share a border. Tap one to see its housing page.
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | Days on market | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Desert | $931K | +0.5% | — | $92,813 |
| Bar Harbor | $663K | +0.8% | — | $77,180 |
| Tremont | $587K | +4.1% | — | $88,803 |
| Southwest Harbor | $638K | +9.2% | — | $59,205 |
| Blue Hill | $499K | +6.2% | — | $80,377 |
| Surry | $448K | +1.8% | — | $74,508 |
| Trenton | $474K | +3.5% | — | $60,455 |
Affordability
10 years of income
The typical Mount Desert home costs about 10 years of the town's median household income, more than across Maine (5.6 years).
Home value ÷ ACS median household income.
The homes
Owners, rent & taxes
Homeownership
84.8%
Maine: 74.3%
Median tax bill
$3,512
Maine: $3,036
Median rent
$1,341
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.