Sinclair, Maine.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,272 (+143%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
Living in Sinclair, Aroostook County, Maine
The Census does not count Sinclair on its own, so the figures here are Aroostook County's. Half the county's households earn more than $56,700 a year and half less; 14% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 74% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Aroostook County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Aroostook County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sinclair is a small town in Aroostook County, in the far north of Maine, where winters are long and cold and summers are mild and warm. Across Aroostook County, the typical resident is older than most Americans, and most homes are lived in by the people who own them. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year, so the seasons shape daily life here.
Work. Across Aroostook County, many people work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, or in transport, warehousing and utilities. Unemployment rose slightly over the past year, and the county had a little fewer jobs in the most recent year than the year before. Most residents drive a fairly short way to work, and relatively few work from home.
Things to do. Little River is a river a short drive away, suited to a quiet afternoon by the water. Fort Kent is a fort a longer drive away, and Acadian Village is a museum a longer drive away that shows the Acadian heritage of the region. Lonesome Pine Trails, a ski area a longer drive away, offers a winter outing for those who enjoy the snow.
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- 29,932households
- 48.3median age
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What people in Aroostook County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Aroostook County had 25,657 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 19° and lows near 3°; warmest in July, with highs near 76° and lows near 57°. About 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Frenchville Aroostook Airport weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Aroostook County
- THE Aroostook Medical CenterGeneral hospital807FTE
- Cary Medical CenterGeneral hospital352FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters337
- RSU 79/msad 01 SchoolsSchool district332FTE
- Houlton Regional HospitalCritical access hospital279FTE
- Northern Maine Medical CenterGeneral hospital253FTE
- RSU 39 SchoolsSchool district221FTE
- RSU 29/msad 29 SchoolsSchool district216FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 63 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,609 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Aroostook 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 Aroostook County.
Sinclair home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sinclair6
Zip codes with a Sinclair address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sinclair — 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.