Cushing, Maine.
Typical home $467,228 (+3.5% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,379 (+128%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $15,942 +4%
- $451,285$467,228 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $60,467 +15%
- $406,761$467,228 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.
- Cushing$2,452
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 25 years.
Typical home values in Cushing, ME rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cushing, Knox County, Maine
Cushing is a town of 1,502 people in Knox County. Half its households earn more than $83,500 a year and half less, against $74,096 across Knox County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 85% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 15% are rented. Unemployment in Knox County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Cushing is a small coastal town in Knox County, where most homes are lived in by their owners and incomes run above the county's. Winters are cold and snowy, and the year brings plenty of rain and melted snow, while July is the warmest month and stays mild. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree, and a fair number work from home.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, then farming, forestry and mining, and professional and business services. Across Knox County, some of the largest workplaces are Penobscot BAY Medical Center and Douglas Dynamics, which makes snow plow attachments. The typical commute is a moderate one, and unemployment in the county is low and close to where it stood a year earlier.
Things to do. The Farnsworth Art Museum is a short drive away and is the nearest of the better-known places to visit. Several rivers lie close by too, among them the St. George River and the Oyster River, both a short drive off. For a longer outing, Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, is a longer drive away.
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- 686households
- 38%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 18%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Knox County had 17,014 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 74° and lows near 56°. About 53 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tenants Harbor weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Knox County
- Penobscot Bay Medical CenterGeneral hospital804FTE
- RSU 40/msad 40 SchoolsSchool district405FTE
- RSU 13 SchoolsSchool district382FTE
- Douglas DynamicsSnow plow attachments manufacturing299
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters281
- HannafordGrocery stores175
- RSU 28/msad 28 SchoolsSchool district168FTE
- Camden Hills Regional High SchoolHigh schools162
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 34 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,292 people in all across the county; Cushing 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
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Knox 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 Knox County.
Cushing home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cushing$467,228
- Maine$412,002
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Cushing 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.
- Cushing39.44%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Cushing21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Cushing address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cushing — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.