ME metros
Cost of living across major ME metropolitan areas.
What living in ME costs
Across the 1 ME metro we track, the typical cost-of-living index is 104.4 against a national metro median of 95.7 — about 9% pricier than the typical US metro. That ranks ME 41 of the 48 states we cover, counting from the cheapest.
A typical ME home costs $542,063, or about 6.4× median household income, and typical rent is $2,320/mo.
Taxes in ME
ME levies a state income tax on top of the federal one. Effective property tax runs about 1.1% of home value in a typical ME metro, and combined state and local sales tax is around 5.5%.
Property tax is the one that scales with housing, so it bites hardest in the pricier metros above. Per-metro figures are on each metro page.
| Metro | COL index | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland, ME | 104.4 | $542,063 | $2,320 |
Cities & towns in ME (7)
Local property tax, home values and school scores for each place.