Mechanic Falls, Maine.
Typical home $300,525 (-2.9% in a year). Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$921 (+140%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $9,114 -3%
- $309,639$300,525 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $68,602 +30%
- $231,923$300,525 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.
- Mechanic Falls$1,577
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Mechanic Falls, ME fell 2.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine
Mechanic Falls, in Androscoggin County, had 2,257 people in the 2020 census. 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Mechanic Falls is a small community in Androscoggin County, Maine, with a median age a little older than the country as a whole. Winters are cold and very snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are mild and pleasant, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount through the year, so the town sees weather in every season.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in professional and business services. Some of the largest workplaces in town are Auburn Manufacturing, a textile mill; Pine Tree Waste, which handles waste collection; and The Maine Wood Treaters, which treats structural lumber. Jobs across Androscoggin County dipped slightly last year, and unemployment there is unchanged from a year earlier.
Things to do. A short drive away, Oxford Plains Speedway is a race track, and Range Ponds State Park is a protected area with water and open land to explore. Lost Valley Ski Area, also a short drive away, suits the snowy winters. Those who want a bigger lake can make a longer drive to Long Lake.
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- 823households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
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 27° and lows near 11°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 58°. About 80 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Poland weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mechanic Falls
- Auburn ManufacturingTextile mills, broadwoven fabrics61
- Pine Tree Waste - Mechanic FallsWaste collection services, nonhazardous solid40
- The Maine Wood TreatersStructural lumber and timber, treating33
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 134 people in all. 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
- LightningRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively 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 Mechanic Falls’ 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.
Mechanic Falls home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Mechanic Falls$300,525
- Maine$412,002
- United States$366,157
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.
- Mechanic Falls6
Zip codes with a Mechanic Falls address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mechanic Falls — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.