Acton, Maine.
Typical home $472,657 (+0.5% in a year). Portland-South Portland, ME metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,420 (+134%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,162 +0%
- $470,496$472,657 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $94,714 +25%
- $377,943$472,657 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.
- Acton$2,481
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Acton, ME rose 0.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Acton, York County, Maine
Acton is a town of 2,671 people in York County. Half its households earn more than $78,750 a year and half less, against $88,333 across York County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 96% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 4% are rented. Unemployment in York County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Acton is a small rural town in York County, Maine, with an older population than most places and nearly all of its homes lived in by their owners. Household incomes run below the county's, and a four-year degree is less common among adults here than in many towns. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are mild, with July the warmest.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, and in transport, warehouses and utilities. Across York County, some of the largest workplaces are Pratt & Whitney North Berwick Parts Center, Southern Maine Health Care and York Hospital. Many people face a long drive to work, and a good number work from home.
Things to do. Wilson Lake is in or beside town, and Great East Lake and Lovell Lake are each a short drive away for time on the water. The New Hampshire Farm Museum is also a short drive away. For a longer outing, Lake Winnipesaukee is a longer drive away.
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- 1,066households
- 24%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 40 mintypical commute
- 18%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. York County had 79,603 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 56°. About 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sanford Nnw weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in York County
- Pratt & Whitney North Berwick Parts CenterJet engine components2,309
- Southern Maine Health CareGeneral hospital1,478FTE
- University of New EnglandUniversity or college1,322
- SMHC Hosptial BiddefordGeneral medical and surgical hospitals994
- York HospitalGeneral hospital816FTE
- RSU 06/msad 06 SchoolsSchool district812FTE
- Sanford Public SchoolsSchool district644FTE
- RSU 60/msad 60 SchoolsSchool district596FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 149 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 19,243 people in all across the county; Acton has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsVery high
- Coastal floodingRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across York County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on York County and the Portland-South Portland, ME metro.
Acton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Acton$472,657
- Maine$412,002
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Acton listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Acton25.46%
- United States26.36%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Acton21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Acton6
Zip codes with a Acton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Acton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.