Lisbon, Maine.
Typical home $344,765 (+3.1% in a year). Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,100 (+155%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,383 +3%
- $334,383$344,765 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $84,496 +32%
- $260,270$344,765 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.
- Lisbon$1,810
- 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 Lisbon, ME rose 3.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lisbon, Androscoggin County, Maine
Lisbon, in Androscoggin County, had 3,217 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $86,221 a year and half less, against $67,873 across Androscoggin County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 77% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in Androscoggin County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Androscoggin County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Lisbon is a small Maine community where most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run well above the county's. Residents tend to be somewhat younger than in many small towns, and poverty is relatively uncommon. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July is pleasantly warm, and precipitation falls throughout the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, manufacturing, and professional and business services. Across Androscoggin County, the largest workplaces include Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston Public Schools and Bates College. Jobs across the county slipped slightly last year, and a typical commute is a moderate drive.
Things to do. The Sabattus River runs in or beside town, and the Little Androscoggin River and the Little River are both a short drive away for time near the water. The Bates College Museum of Art is a short drive away as well. For a longer outing, the Portland Museum of Art and Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park, a protected area, are a longer drive away.
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- 1,475households
- 27%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
What people in Androscoggin County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Androscoggin County had 48,382 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 29° and lows near 8°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 56°. About 78 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Durham weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Androscoggin County
- Central Maine Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,567FTE
- Lewiston Public SchoolsSchool district1,048FTE
- WalmartRefrigerated warehousing and storage914
- St. Marys Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital849FTE
- Bates CollegeUniversity or college758
- Procter & GambleSanitary napkins and tampons made from purchased paper or textile fiber557
- Auburn Public SchoolsSchool district512FTE
- RSU 52/msad 52 SchoolsSchool district496FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 126 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 14,409 people in all across the county; Lisbon has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (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 weatherVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lisbon’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Androscoggin County and the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro.
Lisbon home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lisbon$344,765
- Maine$412,002
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lisbon14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lisbon9
Zip codes with a Lisbon address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lisbon — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.