A typical Stow home is worth roughly $326,000
Home prices around Stow have risen about 67% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 5 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Stow?
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Home prices up 67% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Stow rose 67% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Maine. Last year prices rose 8.4%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Stow, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
96% of Stow households own their home
Half of Stow’s homes were built before 1998.
Maine: 74% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A typical home costs 7.7 years of income
More than across Maine (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $165K short of a typical Stow home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,400 a month here, $590 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Stow’s typical property tax (1.01% 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 $1,400
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Oxford County, ME): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
5 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 5 new homes in Stow in 2025, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Stow has permitted 66 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Stow gained 8 residents while 61 new homes were permitted: about 0.1 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. 21% of Stow'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) | 3 | 3 | 0 | $416,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $694,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $416,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $833,000 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $971,000 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $971,000 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $833,000 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $833,000 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $833,000 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $833,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $833,000 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $694,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $694,000 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $971,000 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $833,000 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $971,000 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| 2004 | 17 | 17 | 0 | $2.4 million |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $200,000 |
Stow'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.
Stow vs. its neighbors
Stow is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. 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.
Neighbors talk housing
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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.