Vinalhaven, Maine.
Typical home $455,539 (+2.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,237 (+107%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,592 +2%
- $445,948$455,539 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $38,459 +9%
- $417,081$455,539 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.
- Vinalhaven$2,391
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 39 years.
Typical home values in Vinalhaven, ME rose 2.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine
Vinalhaven is a town of 1,279 people in Knox County. Half its households earn more than $72,963 a year and half less, against $74,096 across Knox County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 87% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 13% 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 farming, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Vinalhaven is a small island town in Knox County, and its people are older than in most of the country. Far more homes are lived in by their owners than rented, and households have incomes a little below the county's. Winters are long and cold, with a great deal of snow, and summers stay mild.
Work. Residents work mostly in farming, forestry and mining, in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, and in transport and utilities. Plenty of people work from home, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Across Knox County, the largest workplaces include Penobscot Bay Medical Center and the county's school districts.
Things to do. Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to the Farnsworth Art Museum, and to Camden Hills State Park, a protected area for walking and views.
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- 628households
- 46%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 19%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, 21 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; Vinalhaven 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.
Vinalhaven home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Vinalhaven$455,539
- Maine$412,002
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Vinalhaven 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.
- Vinalhaven18.65%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Vinalhaven27
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Vinalhaven7
Zip codes with a Vinalhaven address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Vinalhaven — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.