Ellsworth, Maine.
Typical home $359,407 (+2.6% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,135 (+151%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,095 +3%
- $350,312$359,407 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $88,101 +32%
- $271,306$359,407 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.
- Ellsworth$1,886
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Ellsworth, ME rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine
Ellsworth is a city of 8,399 people in Hancock County. Half its households earn more than $77,375 a year and half less, against $72,744 across Hancock County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 67% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 33% are rented. Unemployment in Ellsworth was 2.7% in August 2026, and Hancock County had about as many jobs in 2025 as 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Ellsworth is a small Maine city, and its residents tend to be older than the typical American. Most households own their homes, and incomes run somewhat above the county's as a whole. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July brings pleasantly warm days, and precipitation is plentiful across the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by retail and by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, with professional and business services also well represented. Among the largest workplaces in town are Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, Walmart and Hannaford. Unemployment is low and has held steady compared with a year ago, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree.
Things to do. Acadia National Park is the best known destination nearby, a longer drive away. Closer to home, the Union River and Beech Hill Pond, a river and a lake, are both a short drive away, and The Grand, a theatre, is also close by. Fort Knox, a historic fort, is a longer drive for those wanting a day out.
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- 3,731households
- 39%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hancock County had 23,626 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 11°; warmest in July, with highs near 77° and lows near 57°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the East Surry weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Ellsworth
- Maine Coast Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital405FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters379
- HannafordGrocery stores200
- Ellsworth Builders SupplyHome centers, building materials177
- Shaws SupermarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores116
- R. F. Jordan & Sons ConstExcavation contractors45
- Dead River CompanyFuel dealer38
- Maine Shellfish CO., Inc. - EllsworthSeafood and seafood products manufacturing33
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,491 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 weatherVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of EllsworthRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ellsworth’s census tracts, 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 Hancock County.
Ellsworth home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Ellsworth$359,407
- Maine$412,002
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Ellsworth 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.
- Ellsworth25.82%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Ellsworth50
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Ellsworth13
Zip codes with a Ellsworth address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ellsworth — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.