Zip lookup · ME

04538
Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County, ME · population 1,810

What it costs per month · 04538 $2,847/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,732 (+155%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $22,646 +4%
$519,721$542,367 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $131,395 +32%
$410,972$542,367 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 04538 $2,847 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 04538$2,847
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 04538 rose 4.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Boothbay Harbor, ME — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $542,367 as of Sep 2026
+4.4%year on year

Typical home value — 04538

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 04538 $542,367 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 04538$542,367
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.5 04544 East Boothbay 978 — $714,395
3.0 04576 Southport 547 — $868,723
3.2 04537 Boothbay 1,685 — $519,477
4.3 04568 South Bristol 512 — $935,431
6.2 04554 New Harbor 514 — $652,559
6.6 04548 Georgetown 1,012 — $696,023
7.8 04556 Edgecomb 1,251 — $405,841
9.2 04578 Wiscasset 4,709 — $404,175
9.6 04539 Bristol 1,456 — $517,070
10.1 04579 Woolwich 3,158 — $417,998
10.4 04530 Bath 11,275 $1,964 $412,561
11.0 04562 Phippsburg 2,238 — $477,300
13.5 04553 Newcastle 1,913 — $461,428
14.0 04543 Damariscotta 2,192 — $477,377
14.4 04551 Bremen 917 — $478,085
16.4 04342 Dresden 1,645 — $351,136
16.4 04079 Harpswell 4,026 $2,600 $713,456
17.1 04008 Bowdoinham 3,142 — $384,562
17.6 04011 Brunswick 22,336 $2,125 $497,754
17.7 04547 Friendship 1,213 — $382,096
17.9 04066 Orrs Island 837 — $707,914
18.0 04086 Topsham 9,706 $1,850 $468,836
18.8 04555 Nobleboro 1,906 — $435,649
19.8 04003 Bailey Island 183 — $821,981

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.