Lubec, Maine.
Typical home $259,998 (+0.1% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$808 (+145%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $284 +0%
- $259,715$259,998 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $38,396 +17%
- $221,602$259,998 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.
- Lubec$1,365
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 22 years.
Typical home values in Lubec, ME rose 0.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lubec, Washington County, Maine
Lubec, in Washington County, had 334 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Washington County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Washington 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Lubec is a very small community, and its residents are considerably older than in most American towns. It sits at the far eastern edge of Maine, and incomes across Washington County run below the county's neighbors elsewhere in the state. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers stay mild and pleasant, with July the warmest.
Work. Residents of Lubec work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, farming, forestry and manufacturing also providing jobs. Across Washington County, the largest workplaces include Woodland Pulp, Down East Community Hospital and Walmart. Jobs across the county slipped a little last year, and unemployment is a little higher than it was a year ago.
Things to do. Roosevelt Campobello International Park, a protected area, lies in or beside town. A short drive away are Quoddy Head State Park and Shackford Head State Park, both protected areas where the land meets the water. Reversing Falls Park, also a short drive away, is a good stop for anyone curious about the tides of this coast.
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What people in Washington County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 10,135 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 75° and lows near 55°. About 62 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Eastport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington County
- Woodland PulpManufacturing304
- Down East Community HospitalCritical access hospital246FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters208
- Calais Public SchoolsSchool district173FTE
- RSU 37/msad 37 SchoolsSchool district152FTE
- Calais Community HospitalCritical access hospital125FTE
- HannafordGrocery stores124
- Jasper Wyman & SonFruits, frozen, manufacturing123
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 25 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,026 people in all across the county; Lubec 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 weatherVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Coastal floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lubec’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 Washington County.
Lubec home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lubec$259,998
- 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.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Lubec 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.
- Lubec20.06%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lubec32
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lubec6
Zip codes with a Lubec address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lubec — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.