The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 04243 sells for about $276,500, or $158 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (-1%), a market in balance. Homes take about 45 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,250 a month.
ZIP 04243 — Lewiston
The housing market in 04243 shows signs of stabilization with a slight year-over-year price decline and moderate inventory levels. Sales activity remains consistent with seasonal norms, and the market is currently balanced between buyers and sellers.
Median prices moved down 1.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 45 days on market with 2.6 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
15% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.5% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.8% · poverty 9.2% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Researched annual trajectory for this ZIP, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 7.5%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Median annual property tax paid on this ZIP's residential parcels
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 5.0%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
versus the prior ACS vintage
net influx — more people moved in than out
ZCTA 04243, Kennebec County ME
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Maine) — Maine Resident Homestead Property Tax Exemption: Provides a reduction in the valuation of the homestead for property tax purposes. The exemption amount is set by state statute (currently $25,000 of the just value of the property). The formula is: (Just Value - Homestead Exemption) * Local Tax Rate = Tax Due.
Data retrieved from data.census.gov ZCTA 04243 profile.
- Moose Mountain Adventure Park4.717.9 mi
- FunZ Trampoline Park3.91.3 mi
- Pineland Farms4.713.8 mi
- Lost Valley Ski Area4.64 mi
- Oxbow Brewing Company - Oxford (Beer Garden)4.712.1 mi
- Oxford Plains Speedway4.513.6 mi
- Fish Bones Grill4.60.3 mi
- Lost Valley Ski Area4.64 mi
- Flagship Premium Cinemas4.41.9 mi
- Mount Apatite4.63.9 mi
- Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul4.70.4 mi
- Just-In-Time Recreation4.62.1 mi
- Bowdoin College Museum of Art4.718.4 mi
- Mr. Drew Exotic Animal Education Center4.89.6 mi
- Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum4.718.5 mi
- Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village4.610.7 mi
- The Rumpus Room4.717.9 mi
- Range Pond State Park4.77.4 mi
- Mount Apatite4.63.9 mi
- Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary4.72.1 mi
- Androscoggin Riverlands State Park4.511.2 mi
- Beaver Park4.56.7 mi
- Birches Lakeside Campground4.216.2 mi
- Poland Spring Resort4.28.7 mi
- Fox Ridge Golf Club4.64.3 mi
- The Meadows Golf Club4.612.8 mi
- Fairlawn Golf Course4.46.5 mi
- Martindale Country Club4.53.8 mi
- The Willows Flea Market4.79.1 mi
- Auburn Mall3.51.6 mi
- Shaw's4.21.4 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.32 mi
- Shaw's4.21.7 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.