Addison, Maine.
Typical home $208,446 (-2.3% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$620 (+131%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $5,004 -2%
- $213,450$208,446 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $31,959 +18%
- $176,487$208,446 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.
- Addison$1,094
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Addison, ME fell 2.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Addison, Washington County, Maine
Addison is a town of 1,148 people in Washington County. Half its households earn more than $50,524 a year and half less, against $56,024 across Washington County; 22% of its people live below the poverty line. 85% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 15% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then farming.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Addison is a small coastal Maine town where most homes are lived in by their owners, a far higher share of owners than in many places. Residents are older than in most of the country, and household incomes run below the county's, with more people living below the poverty line than is typical. Winters are cold and long, with January the coldest month and plenty of snow, and summers are mild and pleasant; precipitation is generous through the year.
Work. People in Addison work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by farming, forestry and mining, then shops and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Washington County, some of the largest workplaces are Woodland Pulp, Down East Community Hospital and Walmart. Unemployment in the county is slightly higher than a year ago, and the county has lost a small number of jobs. Commutes are on the long side, and only a few residents work from home.
Things to do. The West River and the Indian River run in or beside town, and the Pleasant River and the Narraguagus River are a short drive away, so there is plenty of water to walk beside. Great Wass Island Preserve, a protected area, is also a short drive off. For a longer outing, Acadia National Park is a longer drive away.
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- 507households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 22%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 10,135 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 29° and lows near 9°; warmest in July, with highs near 76° and lows near 56°. About 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Jonesboro weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington County
- Woodland PulpManufacturing304
- Down East Community HospitalCritical access hospital246FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters208
- Calais Public SchoolsSchool district173FTE
- RSU 37/msad 37 SchoolsSchool district152FTE
- Calais Community HospitalCritical access hospital125FTE
- HannafordGrocery stores124
- Jasper Wyman & SonFruits, frozen, manufacturing123
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 25 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,026 people in all across the county; Addison has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) 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
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Washington County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Washington County.
Addison home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Addison$208,446
- Maine$412,002
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Addison11
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Addison address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Addison — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.