Paris, Maine.
Typical home $321,499 (+3.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,051 (+165%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,913 +3%
- $311,585$321,499 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $79,550 +33%
- $241,948$321,499 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.
- Paris$1,687
- 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 Paris, ME rose 3.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Paris, Oxford County, Maine
Paris is a town of 5,179 people in Oxford County. Unemployment in Oxford County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Oxford 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Paris is a small western Maine town in Oxford County, one of the older settled parts of the state. Winters are cold and long, with a lot of snow, and summers are comfortably warm. Typical home values and household incomes sit near the middle for a rural Maine town, and a fair number of adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in shops, manufacturing and the building trades. Among the largest workplaces in Paris are RSU 17/msad 17 Schools, Maine Veterans Homes South Paris and Bancroft Contracting. The drive to work is a moderate one, and jobs across the county have slipped slightly from the year before.
Things to do. For racing fans, Oxford Plains Speedway is a race track a short drive away, and the Sanborn River is a short drive away too. Those who like the water can go a longer drive to Long Lake, and Mt Abram is a ski area a longer drive away, a good fit for the snowy winters.
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- 2,200households
- 29%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
What people in Oxford County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Oxford County had 16,970 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 28° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 59°. About 78 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Turner weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Paris
- RSU 17/msad 17 SchoolsSchool district697FTE
- Bancroft ContractingHydroelectric generating facility construction157
- Maine Veterans Homes South ParisNursing homes157
- Market Square Health Care CenterSkilled nursing facilities144
- NEPW Logistics - South ParisGeneral warehousing and storage22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 480 people in all. School districts come 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 weatherRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Oxford County, 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 Oxford County.
Paris home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Paris$321,499
- 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.
- Paris15
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Paris address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Paris — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.