Bridgton, Maine.
Typical home $411,433 (+0.9% in a year), asking rent $1,750 . Portland-South Portland, ME metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,264 (+141%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,533 +1%
- $407,899$411,433 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $77,423 +23%
- $334,009$411,433 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.
- Bridgton$2,160
- 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 Bridgton, ME rose 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine
Bridgton, in Cumberland County, had 2,118 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Cumberland County was 2.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Cumberland County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Bridgton is a small lakeside town in Cumberland County, with a quiet, close-knit feel. Winters are cold and very snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are mild and pleasant, with July the warmest. Homes here cost less than many parts of the county would suggest, and household incomes sit below the county's.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, in shops, and in banks, insurance and property. Among the largest workplaces in town are Bridgton Hospital, Hannaford and Howell Laboratories. Across Cumberland County, jobs grew slightly last year and unemployment stayed low.
Things to do. The Bear River runs in or beside town, and so does the Rufus Porter Museum, which makes an easy stop for a quiet afternoon. A short drive away you will find Long Lake and Moose Pond for time on the water, as well as Pleasant Mountain Ski Area for the snowy months. Deertrees Theatre, also a short drive away, hosts performances close to home.
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What people in Cumberland County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Cumberland County had 194,746 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 28° and lows near 7°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 58°. About 84 inches of snow and 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bridgton Northwest weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bridgton
- Bridgton HospitalCritical access hospital202FTE
- HannafordGrocery stores155
- Howell LaboratoriesWater treatment equipment manufacturing50
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 472 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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 in parts of BridgtonRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bridgton’s census tracts, 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 Cumberland County and the Portland-South Portland, ME metro.
Bridgton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bridgton$411,433
- Maine$412,002
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Bridgton listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Bridgton35.72%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bridgton64
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Bridgton17
Zip codes with a Bridgton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bridgton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.