Maine Property Taxes
Community rates & comparisons

Local government in Maine is primarily supported by local property taxes. Until the early 1950s, the property tax was the only major tax in Maine.

In 1953, the sales tax on retail transactions was enacted, and in 1969, the states personal income tax was adopted. Over the last 50 years, neither the sales nor the income tax has come close to generating the governmental revenues generated by the property tax.

Town	Phone	Mill Rate
Biddeford	207.284.9003	$20.05
Bowdoinham	207.666.5531	$16.87
Cape Elizabeth	207.799.1619	$19.32
Casco	207.627.4515	$15.60
Cornish	207.625.4324	$13.40
Cumberland	207.828.2204	$20.35
Durham	207.353.2561	$20.25
Falmouth	207.781.5253	$17.05
Freeport	207.865.4743	$14.00
Gorham	207.222.1600	$18.95
Gray	207.657.3112	$14.75 @ 90%
Harpswell	207.833.5571	$6.46
Hollis	207.929,8552	$14.00
New Gloucester	207.926.4126	$16.90
North Yarmouth	207.829.3705	$16.55
Portland	207.874.8486	$23.31
Raymond	207.655.4742	$13.95
Saco	207.282.1611	$19.67 @ 99%
Scarborough	207.730.4061	$14.70
South Portland	207.767.7604	$19.75
Standish	207.642.4572	$14.30
Westbrook	207.854.9105	$17.86
Windham	207.894.5960	$15.00
Yarmouth	207.846.2401	$19.60

Property Tax Funding

Today, property taxes in Maine generate approximately $1.8 billion a year to fund local government services.

Both real (land and buildings) and personal property (tangible goods) are subject to taxation, unless they are exempted by law or subject to another form of taxation, such as the excise tax for motor vehicles and boats.

Since home furnishings are largely exempt from personal property taxes, the property tax bill for most Maine homeowners is based on the value of the land, the house, and the outbuildings.