A typical New Vineyard home is worth roughly $190,000
Builders were permitted 10 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is New Vineyard?
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A typical home costs 3.1 years of income
Less than across Maine (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical New Vineyard home, with $44K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290 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, New Vineyard’s typical property tax (1.12% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
91% of New Vineyard households own their home
Half of New Vineyard’s homes were built before 1987.
Maine: 74% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290
Renters already here pay a median of $925, 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 (Franklin County, ME): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
10 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 10 new homes in New Vineyard in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $3.1 million to build. Over the past 10 years, New Vineyard has permitted 45 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, New Vineyard's population fell by 36 even though 42 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 39% of New Vineyard'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
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $3.1 million |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $826,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $838,000 |
| 2021 | 12 | 10 | 2 | $2.9 million |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $248,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $680,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $680,000 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $371,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $285,000 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $425,000 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $260,000 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $240,000 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $585,000 |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $875,000 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $260,000 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $310,000 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $370,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
New Vineyard vs. its neighbors
New Vineyard is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Vineyard | $190K* | — | $1,290 | 10 | $61,806 |
| Strong | $242K | −1.5% | $1,230 | — | $47,557 |
| Farmington | $282K | +1.8% | $1,360 | 20 | $54,276 |
| Industry | $257K | +0.2% | $1,360 | 4 | $63,056 |
| Anson | $190K | +4.2% | $1,230 | 2 | $52,474 |
| New Portland | $207K | +0.5% | $1,460 | — | $74,375 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What New Vineyard buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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.