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Knox, Maine.

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What it costs per month · Knox $2,162/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,272 (+143%) since Jan 2020.

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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Maine $2,162 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Maine$2,162
  • United States$1,922

Living in Knox, Waldo County, Maine

Knox is a town of 811 people in Waldo County. Half its households earn more than $64,821 a year and half less, against $72,782 across Waldo County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Waldo County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then farming.

People 811 in the 2020 census
Household income $64,821 the median, give or take $8,723 · Waldo County: $72,782
Unemployment 3.4% Waldo County, August 2026; 3.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Knox for the Census survey to measure.

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Knox is a small, quiet town in Waldo County, Maine, home to relatively few people. Household incomes run below the county's, and a four-year degree is held by a minority of adults. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month and lows well below freezing, while summers are mild and July is the warmest month. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.

Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by farming, forestry and mining, and by manufacturing. Across Waldo County, some of the largest workplaces are Waldo County General Hospital, RSU 71 Schools and Mathews Brothers Company, which makes windows and window frames. The typical commute is fairly long, and a modest share of people work from home.

Things to do. The North Branch Marsh River and the protected land at Gene Letourneau are in or beside town, and Lake Passagassawakeag, a lake, is a short drive away. For a longer outing, Fort Knox is a fort and Camden Hills State Park is a protected area, both a longer drive away.

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  • 351households
  • 26%of adults have a degree
  • 9%below the poverty line
  • 30 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care17%
  • Farming, forestry and mining12%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Other services10%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Building trades9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Waldo County had 11,300 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 30° and 10°; warmest in July, 77° and 57° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 30° 10° F M A M J J 77° 57° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 30° and 10°; warmest in July, 77° and 57° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 30° 10° F M A M J J 77° 57° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 77° and lows near 57°. About 72 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Belfast weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Waldo County

  1. Waldo County General HospitalCritical access hospital520FTE
  2. RSU 71 SchoolsSchool district368FTE
  3. Mathews Brothers CompanyWindows and window frames, vinyl, manufacturing297
  4. RSU 03/msad 03 SchoolsSchool district245FTE
  5. HannafordGrocery stores218
  6. Mowi USASeafood and seafood products manufacturing171
  7. Robbins LumberBeams, wood, made from logs or bolts145
  8. RSU 20 SchoolsSchool district139FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,113 people in all across the county; Knox 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

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Ice stormsRelatively high
  3. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Waldo 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 Waldo County.

Knox home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Knox address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Knox — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.