A typical Waltham home is worth roughly $181,000
Home prices around Waltham have risen about 65% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 4 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Waltham?
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What it takes to buy in Waltham
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That covers a typical Waltham home, with $106K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,470 a month here, $360 more 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.
Home prices up 65% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Waltham rose 65% over the past 5 years, slower than across Maine (68%). Prices were about flat last year.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Waltham, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,470
Renters already here pay a median of $850, 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 (Hancock 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 Waltham in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.2 million to build. Over the past 10 years, Waltham has permitted 12 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Waltham's population fell by 21 and no new homes were permitted. 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 | $311,000 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $2.4 million |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
85% of Waltham households own their home
Half of Waltham’s homes were built before 1986.
Maine: 74% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Waltham vs. its neighbors
Waltham is the least expensive of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waltham | $181K* | +0.1%† | $1,470 | 4 | $71,071 |
| Mariaville | $264K | −0.2% | $1,450 | 3 | $66,027 |
| Eastbrook | $304K | +3.9% | $1,510 | 2 | $69,018 |
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 Waltham 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. 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.