Springvale, Maine.
Typical home $343,891 (-1.3% in a year). Portland-South Portland, ME metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,108 (+159%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $4,608 -1%
- $348,499$343,891 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $85,212 +33%
- $258,679$343,891 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.
- Springvale$1,805
- 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 Springvale, ME fell 1.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Springvale, York County, Maine
The Census does not count Springvale on its own, so the figures here are York County's. Half the county's households earn more than $88,333 a year and half less; 8% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 77% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in York County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in York 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Springvale is a small town in York County, in southern Maine, where the land rolls toward the rivers and lakes that run through the region. Many people here have lived in the area for years, and neighbors tend to know one another. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and the year is fairly wet, so the seasons shape daily life in clear ways.
Work. Across York County, the largest groups of workers are in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in professional and business services. Unemployment is low and has edged up slightly over the past year, while the number of jobs has grown a little. A substantial share of adults hold a four-year degree, and most people drive to work, with a sizeable minority working from home. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and relatively few residents live below the poverty line.
Things to do. For a short outing, the Branch River is a river a short drive away, suited to a quiet afternoon by the water. For a longer trip, Lake Winnipesaukee is one of the best known lakes in the region, a longer drive away, and the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, also a longer drive away, is a protected area for walks and birdwatching.
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- 91,413households
- 45.3median age
- 36%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 17%work from home
What people in York County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. York County had 79,603 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 56°. About 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sanford Nnw weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in York County
- Pratt & Whitney North Berwick Parts CenterJet engine components2,309
- Southern Maine Health CareGeneral hospital1,478FTE
- University of New EnglandUniversity or college1,322
- SMHC Hosptial BiddefordGeneral medical and surgical hospitals994
- York HospitalGeneral hospital816FTE
- RSU 06/msad 06 SchoolsSchool district812FTE
- Sanford Public SchoolsSchool district644FTE
- RSU 60/msad 60 SchoolsSchool district596FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 149 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 19,243 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) 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
- Ice stormsVery high
- Coastal floodingRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across York County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 York County and the Portland-South Portland, ME metro.
Springvale home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Springvale$343,891
- 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.
- Springvale15
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Springvale5
Zip codes with a Springvale address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Springvale — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.