A typical Roque Bluffs home is worth roughly $290,000
Builders were permitted 6 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Roque Bluffs?
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96% of Roque Bluffs households own their home
Half of Roque Bluffs’s homes were built before 1990.
Maine: 74% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Roque Bluffs
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That’s $3K short of a typical Roque Bluffs home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $690 less than owning.
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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080
Renters already here pay a median of $950, 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 (Washington County, ME): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
6 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 6 new homes in Roque Bluffs in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.6 million to build. Over the past 10 years, Roque Bluffs has permitted 34 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Roque Bluffs's population fell by 7 even though 8 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 35% of Roque Bluffs'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) | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $496,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $273,000 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $246,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $246,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $368,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $368,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $544,000 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $725,000 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $278,000 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $930,000 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $867,000 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $650,000 |
| 2000 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $600,000 |
Roque Bluffs's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Roque Bluffs vs. its neighbors
Roque Bluffs is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roque Bluffs | $290K* | — | $1,080 | 6 | $89,375 |
| Jonesboro | $190K | +3.3% | $1,500 | 5 | $63,750 |
| Machiasport | $247K | +0.9% | $1,480 | 7 | $60,000 |
| Jonesport | $201K | −2.8% | $1,340 | 0 | $67,500 |
| Machias | $181K | +3.4% | $1,080 | 2 | $34,375 |
| Whitneyville | — | — | $1,080 | 2 | $55,938 |
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.