Rockland, Maine.
Typical home $342,291 (-3.4% in a year), asking rent $1,719 .
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,089 (+154%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $11,889 -3%
- $354,180$342,291 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $60,077 +21%
- $282,213$342,291 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.
- Rockland$1,797
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in Rockland, ME fell 3.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Rockland, Knox County, Maine
Rockland is a city of 6,936 people in Knox County. Half its households earn more than $56,533 a year and half less, against $74,096 across Knox County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Rockland was 2.7% in August 2026, and Knox County had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Rockland is a small city on the Maine coast, with a short commute for most people and household incomes below the county's. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though renters make up a real part of the town, and a four-year degree is held by a good number of adults. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month and highs staying near freezing, while summers are mild, and rain and melted snow add up to a fairly wet year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, with manufacturing and shops also giving work to a good share of people. Among the largest workplaces in Rockland are RSU 13 Schools, Douglas Dynamics, which makes snow plow attachments, and Hannaford, the grocery chain. Unemployment is low and has stayed close to where it was a year ago, and a fair number of people work from home.
Things to do. In or beside town, the Farnsworth Art Museum is the best known place to visit, and the Farnsworth Homestead, another museum, and the Strand Theatre are close by as well. A short drive away, Camden Hills State Park is a protected area for walking and time outdoors, and Megunticook Lake offers a quiet stretch of water.
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- 3,565households
- 36%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 12 mintypical commute
- 22%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Knox County had 17,014 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 12°; warmest in July, with highs near 77° and lows near 60°. About 69 inches of snow and 56 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the West Rockport Nnw weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rockland
- RSU 13 SchoolsSchool district382FTE
- Douglas DynamicsSnow plow attachments manufacturing299
- HannafordGrocery stores175
- North End CompositesBoat yards123
- Danisco USAAlmond pastes manufacturing95
- Shaws SupermarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores95
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services85
- Goodwill NNEUsed merch stores38
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 17 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,187 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 weatherVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Coastal floodingRelatively 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 Rockland’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 Knox County.
Rockland home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Rockland$342,291
- 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 3 Rockland listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Rockland39.53%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Rockland55
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Rockland12
Zip codes with a Rockland address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Rockland — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.