A typical Vienna home is worth roughly $276,000
Builders were permitted 4 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Vienna?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
1 of Vienna’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Vienna’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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
A typical home costs 3.7 years of income
Less than across Maine (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Vienna home, with $16K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,390 a month here, $270 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Vienna’s typical property tax (0.89% 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 $1,390
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Kennebec County, ME): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
4 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 4 new homes in Vienna in 2025, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Vienna has permitted 38 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Vienna gained 8 residents while 23 new homes were permitted: about 0.3 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. 41% of Vienna'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) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $178,000 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $710,000 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $805,000 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $805,000 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $520,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $188,000 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $983,000 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $1 million |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $185,000 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $856,000 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | 0 | $927,000 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $59,000 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $182,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $182,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Vienna vs. its neighbors
Vienna is the 3rd least expensive 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna | $276K* | — | $1,390 | 4 | $75,481 |
| Chesterville | $260K | +3.4% | $1,360 | 7 | $61,635 |
| Mount Vernon | $337K | −0.9% | $1,310 | 12 | $74,395 |
| Rome | $530K | +1.7% | $1,420 | 4 | $77,639 |
| New Sharon | $267K | +8.2% | $1,520 | 12 | $63,889 |
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 Vienna buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.