Zip lookup · ME

04256
Mechanic Falls, Maine.

Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin County, ME · Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro · population 3,134

What it costs per month · 04256 $1,577/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$922 (+141%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $8,724 -3%
$309,183$300,459 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $69,577 +30%
$230,882$300,459 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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 04256 $1,577 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 04256$1,577
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 04256 fell 2.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Mechanic Falls, ME — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $300,459 as of Sep 2026
-2.8%year on year

Typical home value — 04256

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 04256 $300,459 Lewiston $328,534 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 04256$300,459
  • Lewiston$328,534
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.0 04274 Poland 5,954 — $392,463
4.7 04258 Minot 2,794 — $382,355
5.4 04270 Oxford 6,284 — $326,263
7.9 04210 Auburn 24,602 $1,706 $324,049
10.6 04281 South Paris 5,317 — $296,953
11.1 04015 Casco 3,696 — $443,350
11.1 04260 New Gloucester 5,766 — $433,448
11.9 04240 Lewiston 38,324 $1,518 $295,398
13.1 04268 Norway 5,228 — $334,426
13.8 04055 Naples 3,985 — $437,922
14.0 04282 Turner 5,891 — $384,653
14.4 04236 Greene 4,417 — $344,421
14.8 04071 Raymond 4,971 — $512,732
15.2 04039 Gray 8,102 $2,117 $512,278
15.4 04250 Lisbon 4,782 — $339,564
15.4 04040 Harrison 3,050 — $405,869
16.3 04220 Buckfield 3,717 — $275,631
16.3 04289 West Paris 1,808 — $264,987
16.7 04088 Waterford 1,269 — $345,854
16.8 04009 Bridgton 5,478 $1,750 $410,677
16.8 04222 Durham 4,262 — $443,873
17.2 04280 Sabattus 7,040 — $356,134
18.0 04069 Pownal 1,696 — $600,503
18.0 04252 Lisbon Falls 4,968 $1,900 $333,474
18.9 04292 Sumner 845 — $241,047
19.1 04263 Leeds 2,285 — $345,256
19.1 04029 Sebago 2,086 — $404,845
19.4 04097 North Yarmouth 4,240 — $692,415

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.