Zip lookup · ME

04257
Mexico, Maine.

Mexico, Oxford County, ME · population 2,782

What it costs per month · 04257 $944/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$554 (+142%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $6,065 -3%
$185,865$179,800 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $31,202 +21%
$148,597$179,800 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 04257 $944 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 04257$944
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.

Typical home values in zip 04257 fell 3.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $179,800 as of Sep 2026
-3.3%year on year

Typical home value — 04257

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 04257 $179,800 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 04257$179,800
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.6 04224 Dixfield 3,110 — $186,489
5.7 04276 Rumford 5,942 $1,125 $176,793
7.6 04290 Peru 1,501 — $232,504
12.0 04219 Bryant Pond 1,399 — $249,951
12.4 04294 Wilton 3,982 — $232,579
12.7 04221 Canton 1,191 — $216,898
14.1 04292 Sumner 845 — $241,047
14.3 04984 Temple 824 — $240,019
15.3 04239 Jay 4,657 — $218,273
17.4 04966 Phillips 1,632 — $222,291
17.5 04289 West Paris 1,808 — $264,987
18.2 04255 Greenwood 759 — $307,449
18.3 04220 Buckfield 3,717 — $275,631
18.6 04253 Livermore 1,868 — $287,863
20.0 04261 Newry 268 — $525,364

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