Union, Maine.
Typical home $390,433 (+1.5% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,262 (+160%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,818 +2%
- $384,615$390,433 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $99,368 +34%
- $291,065$390,433 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.
- Union$2,049
- 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 Union, ME rose 1.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Union, Knox County, Maine
Union is a town of 2,383 people in Knox County. Half its households earn more than $80,724 a year and half less, against $74,096 across Knox County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% are rented. Unemployment in Knox County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Union is a small Maine town where nearly everyone owns the home they live in, and incomes run a little above the county's. Fewer people live below the poverty line than you might expect in a rural area, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are mild, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow add up to a good deal over the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, the building trades, and banks, insurance and property also employing a lot of people. Across Knox County, some of the largest workplaces are Penobscot Bay Medical Center, one of the county's school districts and Douglas Dynamics, which makes snow plow attachments. The typical commute is fairly long, and a noticeable share of people work from home. Unemployment across the county is low and has changed little from a year ago.
Things to do. The Common is a park in or beside town, and Megunticook Lake and the Camden Snow Bowl, a ski area, are both a short drive away. For a longer outing, Camden Hills State Park is a protected area of woods and trails, and the Farnsworth Art Museum is a museum, each a longer drive away. Back River is also a short drive off for those who like to be near water.
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- 1,060households
- 34%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 16%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, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Knox County
- Penobscot Bay Medical CenterGeneral hospital804FTE
- RSU 40/msad 40 SchoolsSchool district405FTE
- RSU 13 SchoolsSchool district382FTE
- Douglas DynamicsSnow plow attachments manufacturing299
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters281
- HannafordGrocery stores175
- RSU 28/msad 28 SchoolsSchool district168FTE
- Camden Hills Regional High SchoolHigh schools162
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 34 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,292 people in all across the county; Union has one of its own. 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 weatherRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Knox County, 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 Knox County.
Union home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Union$390,433
- 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 4 Union listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Union27.02%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Union26
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Union8
Zip codes with a Union address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Union — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.