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Ranked · Buying a home · Maine

Best cities for buying a home in Maine

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Augusta, ME19k residents

    77/100

    median home price: $201,000 · property tax rate: 1.24% · home price yoy: -0.7%

  2. 2.Waterville, ME17k residents

    73/100

    median home price: $184,600 · property tax rate: 1.24% · home price yoy: +1.0%

  3. 3.Bangor, ME32k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $219,600 · property tax rate: 1.24% · home price yoy: +1.0%

  4. 4.Sanford, ME22k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $280,200 · property tax rate: 1.24% · home price yoy: +0.7%

  5. 5.Auburn, ME25k residents

    67/100

    median home price: $282,000 · property tax rate: 1.24% · home price yoy: +1.0%

  6. 6.Westbrook, ME21k residents

    65/100

    median home price: $383,300 · property tax rate: 1.24% · home price yoy: -0.4%

  7. 7.Lewiston, ME38k residents

    64/100

    median home price: $235,100 · property tax rate: 1.24% · home price yoy: +1.9%

  8. 8.Brunswick, ME18k residents

    61/100

    median home price: $363,200 · property tax rate: 1.24% · home price yoy: +0.2%

  9. 9.Saco, ME21k residents

    58/100

    median home price: $413,100 · property tax rate: 1.24% · home price yoy: +1.1%

  10. 10.Biddeford, ME22k residents

    57/100

    median home price: $396,600 · property tax rate: 1.24% · home price yoy: +0.7%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Maine?
Augusta, ME ranks first with a fit score of 77/100, followed by Waterville (73) and Bangor (71), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.