Standish, Maine.
Typical home $457,947 (+3.1% in a year), asking rent $2,400 . Portland-South Portland, ME metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,403 (+140%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,581 +3%
- $444,365$457,947 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $95,528 +26%
- $362,419$457,947 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.
- Standish$2,404
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Standish, ME rose 3.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Standish, Cumberland County, Maine
Standish, in Cumberland County, had 480 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Cumberland County was 2.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Cumberland County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Standish is a very small community in Cumberland County, Maine, with a population among the smallest of any town in the state. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and freezing days common, and summers turn warm in July. Rain and melted snow add up to a good deal over the year. Homes here are valued well above what is typical for the country as a whole, and rents are high, while household incomes are below the county's and relatively few people live below the poverty line.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, shops, and banks, insurance and property. The commute is a fairly long one, since many jobs are in and around Portland. Across Cumberland County, the largest workplaces include Maine Medical Center, IDEXX World Campus and the University of Southern Maine. Unemployment across the county is low and has barely moved from a year earlier, and the county has added a few more jobs.
Things to do. Sebago Lake, a reservoir, is a short drive away and is the nearest large stretch of water. The Sticky River runs in or beside town, and the Little Ossipee River is also a short drive away for time by the water. For a longer outing, the Portland Museum of Art is a longer drive away, as is Higgins Beach, a beach on the coast.
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- 5%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
What people in Cumberland County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Cumberland County had 194,746 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 8°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 58°. About 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the West Buxton Nnw weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Cumberland County
- Maine Medical CenterGeneral hospital7,287FTE
- IDEXX World CampusCorporate2,475
- University of Southern MaineUniversity or college1,454
- Portland Public SchoolsSchool district1,407FTE
- Mercy HospitalGeneral hospital1,102FTE
- Bowdoin CollegeUniversity or college1,080
- MID Coast HospitalGeneral hospital1,048FTE
- Spring Harbor HospitalPsychiatric hospital911FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 366 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 45,041 people in all across the county; Standish has two of its own. 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 stormsRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively 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 Standish’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Cumberland County and the Portland-South Portland, ME metro.
Standish home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Standish$457,947
- 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 Standish listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Standish29.67%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Standish44
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Standish17
Zip codes with a Standish address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Standish — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Standish
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04084 | Standish | 7,900 | $2,400 | $466,508 |
| 04085 | Steep Falls | 2,762 | — | $425,954 |