Boothbay, Maine.
Typical home $570,708 (+2.9% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,760 (+143%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,001 +3%
- $554,707$570,708 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $106,871 +23%
- $463,837$570,708 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.
- Boothbay$2,996
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in Boothbay, ME rose 2.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Boothbay, Lincoln County, Maine
Boothbay is a town of 3,003 people in Lincoln County. Unemployment in Lincoln County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lincoln County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Boothbay is a small coastal town in Lincoln County, Maine, where the population is older than in most American towns. Homes here are valued well above what is typical across the country, and a large share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are mild and warm, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and the building trades also employing many. Across Lincoln County, some of the largest workplaces are Lincolnhealth, a critical access hospital, and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. Commutes are short, and few people work from home.
Things to do. The Damariscotta River and the Little River are in or beside town, which suits anyone who likes to be near the water. A short drive away are Reid State Park, a protected area along the coast, and Popham Beach, a beach on the open shore. The Pemaquid Archeological Site, a fort and historic site, is also a short drive away.
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- 1,701households
- 52%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 13 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Lincoln County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lincoln County had 11,388 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 76° and lows near 59°. About 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Westport Island weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lincoln County
- LH -35 MilesHospitals, general medical and surgical339
- LincolnhealthCritical access hospital320FTE
- RSU 12 SchoolsSchool district230FTE
- HannafordGrocery stores178
- Boothbay-Boothbay Hbr CSDSchool district128FTE
- Coastal Maine Botanical GardensBotanical gardens118
- Wiscasset Public SchoolsSchool district116FTE
- Knickerbocker GroupCustom builders, single-family home113
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 17 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,492 people in all across the county; Boothbay has one 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 Lincoln County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Lincoln County.
Boothbay home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Boothbay$570,708
- Maine$412,002
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Boothbay 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.
- Boothbay20.89%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Boothbay39
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Boothbay11
Zip codes with a Boothbay address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Boothbay — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Boothbay
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04537 | Boothbay | 1,685 | — | $519,477 |
| 04544 | East Boothbay | 978 | — | $714,395 |