Taxes in Durham

What Durham taxes, at what rate, and how that compares. Property tax is the town's main revenue source, so these figures sit underneath most decisions the Select Board makes.

Your bill

mil rate, per $1,000 of town assessment (2027)

25.5

median real-estate tax bill (2027)

$4,520

2,063 real-estate accounts with a bill

total tax committed (2027)

$10.10M

real-estate accounts with a bill (2027)

2,063

of 2,129 accounts

Where your bill sits: Durham's 2027 real-estate tax bills by size, $500 bands

Real-estate accounts with a bill above zero, 2,063 of 2,129. Half of bills fall between $3,048 and $6,153; the largest tenth pays 24.7% of the tax; 35 bills of $10,000 or more are outside the chart. 66 accounts owe nothing and 24 personal-property accounts ($34,504 of tax) are excluded. Bills are what was committed on 1 April 2027 before abatements and say nothing about payment.

Table view

Bill band	Accounts	Share of accounts	Tax billed	Share of tax
$0 to $499	94	4.6%	$20,867	0.2%
$500 to $999	57	2.8%	$43,248	0.4%
$1,000 to $1,499	79	3.8%	$103,567	1.0%
$1,500 to $1,999	85	4.1%	$146,363	1.5%
$2,000 to $2,499	87	4.2%	$198,499	2.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	108	5.2%	$297,609	3.0%
$3,000 to $3,499	132	6.4%	$432,963	4.3%
$3,500 to $3,999	207	10.0%	$774,360	7.7%
$4,000 to $4,499	177	8.6%	$752,491	7.5%
$4,500 to $4,999	184	8.9%	$873,961	8.7%
$5,000 to $5,499	167	8.1%	$874,920	8.7%
$5,500 to $5,999	133	6.4%	$762,616	7.6%
$6,000 to $6,499	136	6.6%	$851,006	8.5%
$6,500 to $6,999	128	6.2%	$863,314	8.6%
$7,000 to $7,499	107	5.2%	$774,581	7.7%
$7,500 to $7,999	55	2.7%	$424,993	4.2%
$8,000 to $8,499	41	2.0%	$337,149	3.3%
$8,500 to $8,999	22	1.1%	$191,814	1.9%
$9,000 to $9,499	15	0.7%	$138,044	1.4%
$9,500 to $9,999	14	0.7%	$137,004	1.4%
$10,000 and over	35	1.7%	$1,068,096	10.6%
Total	2,063	100.0%	$10,067,463	100.0%

Source & method

Town of Durham, 2027 Real Estate Tax Commitment Book (committed 2026-08-11)
Each account's full block parsed (owner, co-owners, mailing address, acreage and exemptions), then aggregated by owner. The parse is accepted only when it reproduces the book's own Final Totals line and the line-by-line read exactly. Aggregates and largest owners are published; the per-account table is not. Bills binned in half-open $500 bands from real-estate accounts with tax above zero; the 35 bills of $10,000 or more are held in one open row
https://durhammaine.gov/uploads/2027-real-estate-commitment-book.pdf
Data as of 11 August 2026 (the commitment date printed on the 2027 books); retrieved 7 September 2026.

Compared with Maine

full-value rate, per $1,000 of state valuation (2024)

9.73

−0.99 vs 2023

Maine average 10.37 in 2024; lines show 2000 to 2024

full-value rate of 500 Maine municipalities (2024)

176th lowest

65% of municipalities pay a higher rate

Two different rates, and only one can be compared between towns. Durham's mil rate of 25.5 is applied to the values the town itself puts on property. Towns value property differently, so comparing mil rates tells you very little. The full-value rate of 9.73 takes the tax actually charged and divides it by the state's own valuation of the town, the same yardstick everywhere, which is why the comparisons below use that one.

Where the mil rate comes from

Tax committed, 2027: $10,101,967
Durham's own assessed valuationimplied: $396,155,582
because a mil is a dollar per thousand: 1,000
Mil rate, per $1,000: 25.5

The assessed valuation is not published directly; it is what the two figures above imply, and multiplying it back by the rate returns the committed total exactly. The committed total also covers 24 personal-property accounts ($34,504 of tax), so it is not the $394,799,520 of real estate the commitment book counts further down this page. The full-value rate of 9.73 cannot be reached this way: Maine Revenue Services calculates it against a state valuation certified on its own schedule. Dividing the same commitment by the 2024 state valuation shown further down this page gives 14.29, not 9.73, so the two cannot be reconciled from anything here.

Commitment books, as the town labels them

Book	Committed	Mil rate	Accounts with a bill	Tax committed	Median bill
2024	26 June 2024	21.75	2,085	$8,326,308	$3,694
2026	13 August 2025	33.58	2,087	$13,084,335	$5,794
2027 (current)	11 August 2026	25.5	2,087	$10,101,967	$4,481

Full-value tax rate vs the state

Durham sat below the Maine average from 2000 to 2013, above it from 2014 to 2023 and below it again in 2024 (−0.64 against the state average).

Maine Revenue Services2000–2024

Durham's 2024 full-value rate among 500 Maine municipalities

65% of Maine municipalities pay a higher rate. 12 municipalities have a rate under 4.00. County averages and the state total are excluded.

Table view

Rank from lowest	Municipality	County	Full-value rate 2024	vs Durham
1	Garfield Plt	Aroostook	0.70	−9.03
2	Lake View Plt	Piscataquis	2.66	−7.07
3	Lincoln Plt	Oxford	2.71	−7.02
4	South Bristol	Lincoln	2.88	−6.85
5	Sandy River Plt	Franklin	3.23	−6.50
6	Lakeville	Penobscot	3.36	−6.37
7	Rangeley Plt	Franklin	3.49	−6.24
8	Carrabassett	Franklin	3.54	−6.19
9	Beaver Cove	Piscataquis	3.69	−6.04
10	Southport	Lincoln	3.81	−5.92
11	Stoneham	Oxford	3.88	−5.85
12	Osborn	Hancock	3.97	−5.76
13	Nashville Plt	Aroostook	4.04	−5.69
14	Bowerbank	Piscataquis	4.10	−5.63
15	West Forks Plt	Somerset	4.29	−5.44
16	Newry	Oxford	4.37	−5.36
17	Harpswell	Cumberland	4.65	−5.08
18	Brooksville	Hancock	4.72	−5.01
19	Ogunquit	York	4.79	−4.94
20	New Limerick	Aroostook	4.83	−4.90
21	Coplin Plt	Franklin	4.87	−4.86
22	Kennebunkport	York	4.92	−4.81
23	Bristol	Lincoln	4.95	−4.78
24	Dallas Plt	Franklin	4.96	−4.77
25	Kingsbury Plt	Piscataquis	5.01	−4.72
26	Westport	Lincoln	5.09	−4.64
27	Lovell	Oxford	5.35	−4.38
28	Beddington	Washington	5.45	−4.28
29	Deer Isle	Hancock	5.47	−4.26
30	Brooklin	Hancock	5.48	−4.25
31	Georgetown	Sagadahoc	5.50	−4.23
32	Great Pond	Hancock	5.57	−4.16
33	Acton	York	5.66	−4.07
34	Rome	Kennebec	5.70	−4.03
35	Meddybemps	Washington	5.73	−4.00
36	Wells	York	5.79	−3.94
37	Long Island	Cumberland	5.94	−3.79
38	Boothbay Harbor	Lincoln	6.21	−3.52
39	Macwahoc Plt	Aroostook	6.28	−3.45
39	Roque Bluffs	Washington	6.28	−3.45
41	Boothbay	Lincoln	6.30	−3.43
42	Willimantic	Piscataquis	6.33	−3.40
43	Otis	Hancock	6.36	−3.37
44	Shapleigh	York	6.46	−3.27
45	Lamoine	Hancock	6.52	−3.21
46	Sidney	Kennebec	6.56	−3.17
47	Weld	Franklin	6.57	−3.16
48	Phippsburg	Sagadahoc	6.63	−3.10
48	Saint George	Knox	6.63	−3.10
50	Byron	Oxford	6.70	−3.03
51	Grand Lake Str	Washington	6.74	−2.99
52	Mount Desert	Hancock	6.87	−2.86
53	Northfield	Washington	6.97	−2.76
54	Friendship	Knox	6.98	−2.75
55	Hancock	Hancock	7.02	−2.71
56	Naples	Cumberland	7.18	−2.55
57	Monhegan Plt	Lincoln	7.24	−2.49
57	Norridgewock	Somerset	7.24	−2.49
59	Verona	Hancock	7.27	−2.46
60	Crawford	Washington	7.31	−2.42
61	Bethel	Oxford	7.40	−2.33
61	Lyman	York	7.40	−2.33
63	Winter Harbor	Hancock	7.41	−2.32
64	Belgrade	Kennebec	7.48	−2.25
65	Surry	Hancock	7.50	−2.23
66	Eustis	Franklin	7.53	−2.20
66	Lincoln	York	7.53	−2.20
66	West Gardiner	Kennebec	7.53	−2.20
69	Isle Au Haut	Knox	7.54	−2.19
70	Newfield	York	7.56	−2.17
71	Penobscot	Hancock	7.58	−2.15
72	The Forks Plt	Somerset	7.60	−2.13
73	Chebeague Island	Cumberland	7.62	−2.11
73	Sorrento	Hancock	7.62	−2.11
75	West Bath	Sagadahoc	7.63	−2.10
76	York	York	7.65	−2.08
77	Waterford	Oxford	7.66	−2.07
78	Bremen	Lincoln	7.67	−2.06
79	Arrowsic	Sagadahoc	7.68	−2.05
80	Northport	Waldo	7.73	−2.00
81	Castine	Hancock	7.74	−1.99
82	Denmark	Oxford	7.76	−1.97
83	Gouldsboro	Hancock	7.77	−1.96
84	Lebanon	York	7.85	−1.88
84	Stonington	Hancock	7.85	−1.88
86	Greenwood	Oxford	7.89	−1.84
87	Deblois	Washington	7.93	−1.80
88	Franklin	Hancock	7.96	−1.77
89	Nobleboro	Lincoln	7.98	−1.75
89	Sedgwick	Hancock	7.98	−1.75
89	Woolwich	Sagadahoc	7.98	−1.75
92	Harrison	Cumberland	8.04	−1.69
92	Palmyra	Somerset	8.04	−1.69
94	Raymond	Cumberland	8.07	−1.66
95	Hiram	Oxford	8.10	−1.63
96	Cornish	York	8.12	−1.61
97	Blue Hill	Hancock	8.13	−1.60
98	Owls Head	Knox	8.14	−1.59
99	Bridgton	Cumberland	8.19	−1.54
100	Embden	Somerset	8.25	−1.48
101	Orland	Hancock	8.31	−1.42
102	Jefferson	Lincoln	8.32	−1.41
103	Palermo	Waldo	8.34	−1.39
104	Hancock	York	8.39	−1.34
105	Hollis	York	8.43	−1.30
106	Levant	Penobscot	8.49	−1.24
107	Glenwood Plt	Aroostook	8.51	−1.22
107	Sebec	Piscataquis	8.51	−1.22
107	Woodstock	Oxford	8.51	−1.22
110	Cranberry Isles	Hancock	8.53	−1.20
110	Rangeley	Franklin	8.53	−1.20
112	Turner	Androscoggin	8.54	−1.19
113	Abbot	Piscataquis	8.57	−1.16
114	Pleasant Ridge	Somerset	8.58	−1.15
115	Franklin	York	8.59	−1.14
116	New Vineyard	Franklin	8.60	−1.13
117	Southwest Harbor	Hancock	8.65	−1.08
118	Sebago	Cumberland	8.67	−1.06
119	Bar Harbor	Hancock	8.76	−0.97
119	York	York	8.76	−0.97
121	Swanville	Waldo	8.77	−0.96
122	Smithfield	Somerset	8.83	−0.90
123	Trenton	Hancock	8.84	−0.89
124	Caratunk	Somerset	8.85	−0.88
124	Tremont	Hancock	8.85	−0.88
126	North Haven	Knox	8.86	−0.87
127	Hamlin	Aroostook	8.90	−0.83
127	Otisfield	Oxford	8.90	−0.83
129	Kittery	York	8.92	−0.81
129	Vassalboro	Kennebec	8.92	−0.81
131	Minot	Androscoggin	8.95	−0.78
132	Perry	Washington	8.96	−0.77
133	Plymouth	Penobscot	9.01	−0.72
133	Porter	Oxford	9.01	−0.72
135	Lincolnville	Waldo	9.03	−0.70
136	Eastbrook	Hancock	9.06	−0.67
136	Mariaville	Hancock	9.06	−0.67
138	Cushing	Knox	9.07	−0.66
139	Hartland	Somerset	9.15	−0.58
140	New Gloucester	Cumberland	9.16	−0.57
140	Swan'S Island	Hancock	9.16	−0.57
140	Whiting	Washington	9.16	−0.57
143	Limerick	York	9.17	−0.56
143	Machiasport	Washington	9.17	−0.56
143	Parsonsfield	York	9.17	−0.56
143	Westmanland	Aroostook	9.17	−0.56
147	Cornville	Somerset	9.18	−0.55
148	Casco	Cumberland	9.22	−0.51
149	Industry	Franklin	9.24	−0.49
150	Carmel	Penobscot	9.27	−0.46
150	Hermon	Penobscot	9.27	−0.46
152	Arundel	York	9.29	−0.44
152	Pittston	Kennebec	9.29	−0.44
154	Gray	Cumberland	9.32	−0.41
155	Glenburn	Penobscot	9.33	−0.40
156	North Berwick	York	9.34	−0.39
157	Oxford	York	9.40	−0.33
158	Vienna	Kennebec	9.48	−0.25
158	Waltham	Hancock	9.48	−0.25
160	Amherst	Hancock	9.51	−0.22
160	Hope	Knox	9.51	−0.22
160	Roxbury	Oxford	9.51	−0.22
163	Etna	Penobscot	9.52	−0.21
163	Sweden	Oxford	9.52	−0.21
165	Seboeis Plt	Penobscot	9.55	−0.18
166	Fayette	Kennebec	9.57	−0.16
167	Frankfort	Waldo	9.60	−0.13
167	Litchfield	Kennebec	9.60	−0.13
167	South Thomaston	Knox	9.60	−0.13
170	Dayton	York	9.62	−0.11
171	Livermore	Androscoggin	9.64	−0.09
172	Hanover	Oxford	9.65	−0.08
173	Exeter	Penobscot	9.68	−0.05
174	Albion	Kennebec	9.71	−0.02
174	Robbinston	Washington	9.71	−0.02
176	Durham	Androscoggin	9.73	n/a
176	Greenville	Piscataquis	9.73	0.00
178	Sullivan	Hancock	9.76	+0.03
179	Old Orchard	York	9.77	+0.04
180	Harmony	Somerset	9.82	+0.09
181	Kennebunk	York	9.83	+0.10
182	Bowdoin (neighbour)	Sagadahoc	9.86	+0.13
182	Vinalhaven	Knox	9.86	+0.13
184	Addison	Washington	9.88	+0.15
184	Waterboro	York	9.88	+0.15
186	China	Kennebec	9.93	+0.20
186	Whitefield	Lincoln	9.93	+0.20
188	Eagle Lake	Aroostook	9.94	+0.21
189	Charleston	Penobscot	9.95	+0.22
189	Hebron	Oxford	9.95	+0.22
191	Baldwin	Cumberland	9.97	+0.24
191	Hartford	Oxford	9.97	+0.24
191	Hudson	Penobscot	9.97	+0.24
194	Cyr Plt	Aroostook	9.98	+0.25
194	Milbridge	Washington	9.98	+0.25
196	Eliot	York	9.99	+0.26
197	Windsor	Kennebec	10.00	+0.27
198	Alfred	York	10.01	+0.28
198	Cape Elizabeth	Cumberland	10.01	+0.28
200	Camden	Knox	10.02	+0.29
201	Piscataquis	York	10.04	+0.31
202	Canaan	Somerset	10.05	+0.32
203	Buxton	York	10.06	+0.33
203	Oakland	Kennebec	10.06	+0.33
203	Standish	Cumberland	10.06	+0.33
206	Dixmont	Penobscot	10.08	+0.35
207	Chester	Penobscot	10.09	+0.36
208	Manchester	Kennebec	10.10	+0.37
208	Portage Lake	Aroostook	10.10	+0.37
210	Limington	York	10.14	+0.41
210	Poland	Androscoggin	10.14	+0.41
212	Sangerville	Piscataquis	10.18	+0.45
213	Strong	Franklin	10.19	+0.46
214	Ripley	Somerset	10.20	+0.47
215	Saint Albans	Somerset	10.23	+0.50
216	Bingham	Somerset	10.24	+0.51
217	Islesboro	Waldo	10.26	+0.53
217	Linneus	Aroostook	10.26	+0.53
219	Bradley	Penobscot	10.28	+0.55
219	Dedham	Hancock	10.28	+0.55
219	Prospect	Waldo	10.28	+0.55
222	Upton	Oxford	10.29	+0.56
223	Jonesport	Washington	10.31	+0.58
223	Scarborough	Cumberland	10.31	+0.58
225	Greene	Androscoggin	10.34	+0.61
226	Alton	Penobscot	10.35	+0.62
226	Sagadahoc	York	10.35	+0.62
228	Passamaquoddy Nation	Washington	10.37	+0.64
228	Penobscot Nation****	Penobscot	10.37	+0.64
230	Andover	Oxford	10.41	+0.68
230	Kenduskeag	Penobscot	10.41	+0.68
232	Mount Vernon	Kennebec	10.45	+0.72
233	Starks	Somerset	10.46	+0.73
234	Chelsea	Kennebec	10.48	+0.75
235	Mercer	Somerset	10.50	+0.77
235	Orrington	Penobscot	10.50	+0.77
237	Unity	Waldo	10.51	+0.78
238	Leeds	Androscoggin	10.53	+0.80
239	Readfield	Kennebec	10.55	+0.82
240	Marshfield	Washington	10.57	+0.84
241	Falmouth	Cumberland	10.58	+0.85
241	Knox	York	10.58	+0.85
243	Cumberland	York	10.62	+0.89
244	Troy	Waldo	10.63	+0.90
245	Morrill	Waldo	10.65	+0.92
246	New Portland	Somerset	10.67	+0.94
247	Wallagrass	Aroostook	10.68	+0.95
248	Brownfield	Oxford	10.69	+0.96
249	Washington	Knox	10.71	+0.98
250	Pownal (neighbour)	Cumberland	10.72	+0.99
251	Bucksport	Hancock	10.73	+1.00
252	Corinna	Penobscot	10.76	+1.03
253	New Sharon	Franklin	10.80	+1.07
254	Freeport (neighbour)	Cumberland	10.81	+1.08
255	Burlington	Penobscot	10.82	+1.09
255	Frye	Cumberland	10.82	+1.09
257	Benton	Kennebec	10.88	+1.15
257	Oxford	Oxford	10.88	+1.15
259	Dennistown Plt	Somerset	10.89	+1.16
260	Fryeburg	Oxford	10.90	+1.17
260	Steuben	Washington	10.90	+1.17
262	Damariscotta	Lincoln	10.92	+1.19
262	Saint John Plt	Aroostook	10.92	+1.19
264	Matinicus Isle	Knox	10.93	+1.20
265	Peru	Oxford	10.94	+1.21
266	Norway	Oxford	10.95	+1.22
266	Winterport	Waldo	10.95	+1.22
268	Windham	Cumberland	10.97	+1.24
269	Holden	Penobscot	10.99	+1.26
270	North Yarmouth	Cumberland	11.00	+1.27
271	Garland	Penobscot	11.01	+1.28
271	Mapleton	Aroostook	11.01	+1.28
271	Medford	Piscataquis	11.01	+1.28
274	Topsfield	Washington	11.02	+1.29
275	Corinth	Penobscot	11.05	+1.32
276	Kennebec	York	11.07	+1.34
277	Portland	Cumberland	11.09	+1.36
278	Chesterville	Franklin	11.11	+1.38
279	Aurora	Hancock	11.14	+1.41
279	Harrington	Washington	11.14	+1.41
281	Sabattus	Androscoggin	11.20	+1.47
282	Jonesboro	Washington	11.23	+1.50
283	Randolph	Kennebec	11.28	+1.55
284	Wales	Androscoggin	11.31	+1.58
285	Lowell	Penobscot	11.32	+1.59
286	Liberty	Waldo	11.35	+1.62
287	Biddeford	York	11.37	+1.64
287	Waldo	York	11.37	+1.64
289	Searsmont	Waldo	11.38	+1.65
290	Charlotte	Washington	11.39	+1.66
290	Saco	York	11.39	+1.66
292	Edinburg	Penobscot	11.40	+1.67
293	Stetson	Penobscot	11.41	+1.68
294	West Paris	Oxford	11.47	+1.74
295	Edgecomb	Lincoln	11.51	+1.78
296	Parkman	Piscataquis	11.53	+1.80
297	Cutler	Washington	11.57	+1.84
297	Frenchville	Aroostook	11.57	+1.84
299	East Machias	Washington	11.63	+1.90
300	Beals	Washington	11.64	+1.91
301	Baring Plt	Washington	11.66	+1.93
301	Wayne	Kennebec	11.66	+1.93
303	Columbia Falls	Washington	11.67	+1.94
303	Hodgdon	Aroostook	11.67	+1.94
305	Orient	Aroostook	11.69	+1.96
306	Lee	Penobscot	11.74	+2.01
307	Eddington	Penobscot	11.75	+2.02
308	Newburgh	Penobscot	11.80	+2.07
309	Stow	Oxford	11.81	+2.08
310	Dresden	Lincoln	11.82	+2.09
310	Gorham	Cumberland	11.82	+2.09
312	Dyer Brook	Aroostook	11.84	+2.11
313	Somerset	York	11.85	+2.12
314	Alna	Lincoln	11.86	+2.13
315	Washington	York	11.88	+2.15
316	Westbrook	Cumberland	11.91	+2.18
317	Monroe	Waldo	11.92	+2.19
318	Castle Hill	Aroostook	11.93	+2.20
319	Mount Chase	Penobscot	11.94	+2.21
320	Winterville Plt	Aroostook	11.98	+2.25
321	Topsham	Sagadahoc	11.99	+2.26
322	Jackson	Waldo	12.02	+2.29
323	Belmont	Waldo	12.03	+2.30
323	South Portland	Cumberland	12.03	+2.30
325	Enfield	Penobscot	12.04	+2.31
326	Madison	Somerset	12.08	+2.35
326	South Berwick	York	12.08	+2.35
328	Carroll Plt	Penobscot	12.09	+2.36
328	Farmingdale	Kennebec	12.09	+2.36
330	Jackman	Somerset	12.11	+2.38
331	Clifton	Penobscot	12.15	+2.42
332	Moro Plt	Aroostook	12.16	+2.43
333	Avon	Franklin	12.17	+2.44
334	Burnham	Waldo	12.18	+2.45
334	Warren	Knox	12.18	+2.45
336	Cumberland	Cumberland	12.19	+2.46
336	Mechanic Falls	Androscoggin	12.19	+2.46
336	Wiscasset	Lincoln	12.19	+2.46
339	Cherryfield	Washington	12.20	+2.47
340	Somerville	Lincoln	12.23	+2.50
341	Richmond	Sagadahoc	12.25	+2.52
341	Stockton Springs	Waldo	12.25	+2.52
343	Lisbon (neighbour)	Androscoggin	12.29	+2.56
344	Monmouth	Kennebec	12.32	+2.59
345	Chapman	Aroostook	12.34	+2.61
346	Berwick	York	12.38	+2.65
346	Winthrop	Kennebec	12.38	+2.65
348	Gilead	Oxford	12.40	+2.67
349	Dixfield	Oxford	12.44	+2.71
350	Farmington	Franklin	12.47	+2.74
350	Hampden	Penobscot	12.47	+2.74
352	Pembroke	Washington	12.48	+2.75
353	Bradford	Penobscot	12.51	+2.78
354	Detroit	Somerset	12.53	+2.80
355	Fairfield	Somerset	12.58	+2.85
356	Rockport	Knox	12.60	+2.87
357	Crystal	Aroostook	12.62	+2.89
358	Augusta	Kennebec	12.63	+2.90
358	Newcastle	Lincoln	12.63	+2.90
358	Paris	Oxford	12.63	+2.90
361	Brighton Plt	Somerset	12.70	+2.97
362	Calais	Washington	12.72	+2.99
363	Danforth	Washington	12.76	+3.03
363	Yarmouth	Cumberland	12.76	+3.03
365	Dover-Foxcroft	Piscataquis	12.77	+3.04
365	Union	Knox	12.77	+3.04
367	Buckfield	Oxford	12.79	+3.06
368	Waldoboro	Lincoln	12.81	+3.08
369	Gardiner	Kennebec	12.83	+3.10
370	Androscoggin	York	12.85	+3.12
371	Clinton	Kennebec	12.93	+3.20
371	Sanford	York	12.93	+3.20
371	Waldo	Waldo	12.93	+3.20
374	Shirley	Piscataquis	12.94	+3.21
375	Wilton	Franklin	12.96	+3.23
376	Jay	Franklin	12.98	+3.25
377	Freedom	Waldo	13.03	+3.30
377	Mattawamkeag	Penobscot	13.03	+3.30
379	Talmadge	Washington	13.04	+3.31
380	Monson	Piscataquis	13.07	+3.34
381	Phillips	Franklin	13.08	+3.35
382	Appleton	Knox	13.12	+3.39
383	Searsport	Waldo	13.13	+3.40
384	Brunswick (neighbour)	Cumberland	13.15	+3.42
384	Carthage	Franklin	13.15	+3.42
386	Alexander	Washington	13.18	+3.45
387	Lubec	Washington	13.19	+3.46
387	Milford	Penobscot	13.19	+3.46
389	Allagash	Aroostook	13.21	+3.48
390	Wellington	Piscataquis	13.29	+3.56
390	Weston	Aroostook	13.29	+3.56
392	Sumner	Oxford	13.30	+3.57
393	Newport	Penobscot	13.39	+3.66
394	Amity	Aroostook	13.43	+3.70
395	Saint Agatha	Aroostook	13.46	+3.73
396	Moose River	Somerset	13.54	+3.81
397	Wesley	Washington	13.55	+3.82
398	Brooks	Waldo	13.66	+3.93
398	Dexter	Penobscot	13.66	+3.93
400	Bath	Sagadahoc	13.75	+4.02
401	Princeton	Washington	13.78	+4.05
402	Penobscot	York	13.80	+4.07
403	Winslow	Kennebec	13.87	+4.14
404	Saint Francis	Aroostook	13.92	+4.19
405	Anson	Somerset	13.96	+4.23
406	Columbia	Washington	13.97	+4.24
407	Brownville	Piscataquis	13.98	+4.25
407	Canton	Oxford	13.98	+4.25
409	Thomaston	Knox	14.00	+4.27
410	Pittsfield	Somerset	14.02	+4.29
411	Lagrange	Penobscot	14.04	+4.31
412	Smyrna	Aroostook	14.06	+4.33
413	Thorndike	Waldo	14.08	+4.35
414	Highland Plt	Somerset	14.10	+4.37
415	Eastport	Washington	14.12	+4.39
416	Ludlow	Aroostook	14.14	+4.41
417	Wade	Aroostook	14.16	+4.43
418	Cooper	Washington	14.17	+4.44
419	Cambridge	Somerset	14.19	+4.46
420	Moscow	Somerset	14.22	+4.49
420	Sherman	Aroostook	14.22	+4.49
422	Lewiston (neighbour)	Androscoggin	14.26	+4.53
423	Haynesville	Aroostook	14.30	+4.57
424	Bowdoinham	Sagadahoc	14.38	+4.65
425	Hallowell	Kennebec	14.42	+4.69
426	New Canada	Aroostook	14.49	+4.76
427	Solon	Somerset	14.64	+4.91
428	Westfield	Aroostook	14.66	+4.93
429	Rockland	Knox	14.67	+4.94
430	Belfast	Waldo	14.69	+4.96
431	Woodville	Penobscot	14.75	+5.02
432	Livermore Falls	Androscoggin	14.84	+5.11
432	Montville	Waldo	14.84	+5.11
432	Van Buren	Aroostook	14.84	+5.11
435	Hersey	Aroostook	14.85	+5.12
436	Springfield	Penobscot	14.87	+5.14
437	Athens	Somerset	14.97	+5.24
438	Rumford	Oxford	15.09	+5.36
439	Temple	Franklin	15.11	+5.38
440	Ellsworth	Hancock	15.13	+5.40
440	Reed Plt	Aroostook	15.13	+5.40
442	Milo	Piscataquis	15.23	+5.50
443	Grand Isle	Aroostook	15.30	+5.57
443	Guilford	Piscataquis	15.30	+5.57
445	Hammond	Aroostook	15.47	+5.74
446	Masardis	Aroostook	15.49	+5.76
446	Winn	Penobscot	15.49	+5.76
448	Perham	Aroostook	15.51	+5.78
449	Greenbush	Penobscot	15.52	+5.79
450	Merrill	Aroostook	15.57	+5.84
451	Howland	Penobscot	15.59	+5.86
452	Skowhegan	Somerset	15.68	+5.95
453	Passadumkeag	Penobscot	15.74	+6.01
454	Waterville	Kennebec	15.79	+6.06
455	Veazie	Penobscot	15.83	+6.10
456	Dennysville	Washington	15.91	+6.18
457	Old Town	Penobscot	15.92	+6.19
457	Waite	Washington	15.92	+6.19
459	Auburn (neighbour)	Androscoggin	15.93	+6.20
460	Aroostook	York	15.96	+6.23
461	Kingfield	Franklin	15.97	+6.24
462	Machias	Washington	16.00	+6.27
463	Monticello	Aroostook	16.09	+6.36
464	New Sweden	Aroostook	16.23	+6.50
465	Woodland	Aroostook	16.28	+6.55
466	Knox	Waldo	16.40	+6.67
467	Bangor	Penobscot	16.42	+6.69
468	Washburn	Aroostook	16.56	+6.83
469	Webster Plt	Penobscot	16.69	+6.96
470	Mexico	Oxford	16.70	+6.97
471	Littleton	Aroostook	16.83	+7.10
472	Lincoln	Penobscot	16.89	+7.16
473	Easton	Aroostook	16.93	+7.20
474	Orono	Penobscot	17.00	+7.27
475	Brewer	Penobscot	17.05	+7.32
476	Stockholm	Aroostook	17.31	+7.58
477	Houlton	Aroostook	17.47	+7.74
478	Fort Kent	Aroostook	17.56	+7.83
479	Stacyville	Penobscot	17.59	+7.86
480	Bridgewater	Aroostook	17.76	+8.03
481	Island Falls	Aroostook	17.98	+8.25
482	Frenchboro	Hancock	18.05	+8.32
483	Whitneyville	Washington	18.13	+8.40
484	Baileyville	Washington	18.14	+8.41
485	Maxfield	Penobscot	18.32	+8.59
486	Blaine	Aroostook	18.38	+8.65
487	Presque Isle	Aroostook	18.58	+8.85
488	Caswell	Aroostook	18.83	+9.10
489	Caribou	Aroostook	19.15	+9.42
490	Patten	Penobscot	19.19	+9.46
491	Mars Hill	Aroostook	19.27	+9.54
492	Oakfield	Aroostook	19.34	+9.61
493	Madawaska	Aroostook	19.36	+9.63
494	Vanceboro	Washington	19.44	+9.71
495	Fort Fairfield	Aroostook	19.67	+9.94
496	Limestone	Aroostook	19.99	+10.26
497	Medway	Penobscot	20.28	+10.55
498	Millinocket	Penobscot	20.71	+10.98
499	Ashland	Aroostook	20.93	+11.20
500	East Millinocket	Penobscot	25.29	+15.56

Source & method

Maine Revenue Services, State Valuation History and Full Value Tax Rates
State valuation normalised to dollars (the source states 2025-2026 in dollars and earlier years in thousands); full-value rates read from the workbook's own year header, which carries 2000-2024 despite the download being labelled 2013-2024. Statewide list filtered to municipalities: the county-average rows and the state-total row are removed, leaving 500; rank counts municipalities with a lower rate, so tied rates share a rank
https://www.maine.gov/revenue/taxes/property-tax/municipal-services
Data as of 2024 (the newest full-value rate year; state valuation runs to 2026); retrieved 31 July 2026.

Full-value tax rate, Durham against the Maine average, 2000 to 2024, the gap shaded by sign

Red shading where Durham's rate is above the Maine average, blue where below: below in 15 of 25 years, above in 10. Rate per $1,000 of state valuation; the town's own 2027 mil rate (25.5) applies to local assessed values and is not comparable.

Table view

Year	Durham	Maine average	Gap (Durham minus Maine)
2024	9.73	10.37	−0.64
2023	10.72	10.60	+0.12
2022	11.39	11.21	+0.18
2021	13.19	12.66	+0.53
2020	15.18	14.10	+1.08
2019	16.05	14.59	+1.46
2018	16.01	14.80	+1.21
2017	16.28	14.96	+1.32
2016	16.49	15.06	+1.43
2015	16.08	15.03	+1.05
2014	15.65	14.72	+0.93
2013	14.23	14.49	−0.26
2012	12.82	13.99	−1.17
2011	12.38	13.40	−1.02
2010	12.25	12.78	−0.53
2009	11.58	12.23	−0.65
2008	10.33	11.70	−1.37
2007	9.59	11.33	−1.74
2006	9.77	11.23	−1.46
2005	10.59	11.77	−1.18
2004	12.03	12.96	−0.93
2003	12.35	13.90	−1.55
2002	13.33	14.97	−1.64
2001	14.31	15.56	−1.25
2000	14.66	15.97	−1.31

Source & method

Maine Revenue Services, State Valuation History and Full Value Tax Rates
State valuation normalised to dollars (the source states 2025-2026 in dollars and earlier years in thousands); full-value rates read from the workbook's own year header, which carries 2000-2024 despite the download being labelled 2013-2024
https://www.maine.gov/revenue/taxes/property-tax/municipal-services
Data as of 2024 (the newest full-value rate year; state valuation runs to 2026); retrieved 31 July 2026.

How Durham compares to its neighbours

Lower means less tax for every dollar a property is worth.

Maine Revenue ServicesFull-value rates, 2024

Neighbouring towns' full-value rates, 2014 to 2024

Rates depend on the timing of state valuations and revaluations, so a large fall can be a reassessment rather than a policy change. Auburn and Lewiston are cities with different service loads. The $300,000 column is the rate times 300 and is not what any bill says: bills use the town's own assessment and mil rate.

Table view

Town	2014	2024	Change	vs Durham 2024	Tax on $300,000 of state valuation at the 2024 rate (implied)
Durham (this town)	15.65	9.73	−5.92	n/a	$2,919
Bowdoin	14.25	9.86	−4.39	+0.13	$2,958
Pownal	15.27	10.72	−4.55	+0.99	$3,216
Freeport	14.67	10.81	−3.86	+1.08	$3,243
Lisbon	21.26	12.29	−8.97	+2.56	$3,687
Brunswick	17.93	13.15	−4.78	+3.42	$3,945
Lewiston	23.06	14.26	−8.80	+4.53	$4,278
Auburn	20.95	15.93	−5.02	+6.20	$4,779
Maine average	14.72	10.37	−4.35	+0.64	$3,111

Source & method

Maine Revenue Services, State Valuation History and Full Value Tax Rates
State valuation normalised to dollars (the source states 2025-2026 in dollars and earlier years in thousands); full-value rates read from the workbook's own year header, which carries 2000-2024 despite the download being labelled 2013-2024
https://www.maine.gov/revenue/taxes/property-tax/municipal-services
Data as of 2024 (the newest full-value rate year; state valuation runs to 2026); retrieved 31 July 2026.

Total taxable value of the town

The state's own estimate of everything taxable in Durham, up 171% since 2007.

Maine Revenue ServicesState valuation, 2007–2026

State valuation of Durham, 2007 to 2026, dollars

Table view

Year	State valuation
2007	$325,650,000
2008	$332,300,000
2009	$354,200,000
2010	$351,050,000
2011	$350,600,000
2012	$351,550,000
2013	$350,900,000
2014	$347,950,000
2015	$351,850,000
2016	$359,850,000
2017	$370,150,000
2018	$398,000,000
2019	$413,550,000
2020	$446,900,000
2021	$465,800,000
2022	$496,600,000
2023	$594,200,000
2024	$706,800,000
2025	$777,450,000
2026	$883,450,000

Source & method

Maine Revenue Services, State Valuation History and Full Value Tax Rates
State valuation normalised to dollars (the source states 2025-2026 in dollars and earlier years in thousands); full-value rates read from the workbook's own year header, which carries 2000-2024 despite the download being labelled 2013-2024
https://www.maine.gov/revenue/taxes/property-tax/municipal-services
Data as of 2024 (the newest full-value rate year; state valuation runs to 2026); retrieved 31 July 2026.

The state publishes 2025 and 2026 in dollars but earlier years in thousands. Taken as published the line would appear to jump a thousandfold in 2025, so every figure here has been converted to dollars.

Who owns Durham

Everything above measures the town as a whole. The commitment book counts it property by property: 2,129 real estate accounts carrying $394,799,520 of assessed value. It shows how unevenly that value sits.

Town of Durham assessor's commitment book2027

largest owner's assessed value

$20.14M

of all taxable value, one owner

5.1%

held by the ten largest owners

8.9%

billed to an address outside Durham

14.8%

up to 15.3% counting addresses that did not parse

The ten largest owners

Owners are grouped across all the accounts they hold, so an owner with 13 accounts appears once. Much of the top of this list is infrastructure rather than people: transmission lines, a pipeline and a hydro operator. Grouping is by the name the book uses, and the book carries two spellings for Central Maine Power, "Central Maine Power" and "Central Maine Power Company", which are listed separately here rather than merged on a guess. Together they hold $21,652,400 across 9 accounts.

The ten largest owners' share of Durham's assessed value, 2027, by where the bill is posted

Names as the commitment book spells them, so Central Maine Power appears twice; together they hold 5.5%. The ten largest owners hold 8.9% of assessed value between them.

Table view

Owner	Accounts	Assessed value	Share of town	Billed to
CENTRAL MAINE POWER	2	$20,139,900	5.10%	out of town
BROWN BEAR II HYDRO, INC.	4	$4,371,000	1.11%	out of town
COPP, MICHAEL S.	13	$2,126,850	0.54%	in town
MARITIMES & NORTHEAST PIPELINE	1	$2,036,900	0.52%	out of town
NEW ENGLAND CLEAN ENERGY CONNECT	1	$1,923,700	0.49%	out of town
CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	7	$1,512,500	0.38%	out of town
DURHAM LEISURE HOLDINGS, LLC.	3	$861,700	0.22%	in town
MILLER, ERROLYN	4	$812,900	0.21%	in town
STAPLES, WALLACE J STAPLES, KATHY M RD	5	$696,150	0.18%	in town
LORD, HELEN S., SOLE TRUSTEE HELEN S. LORD LIVING TRUST	3	$629,650	0.16%	out of town

Source & method

Town of Durham, 2027 Real Estate Tax Commitment Book (committed 2026-08-11)
Each account's full block parsed (owner, co-owners, mailing address, acreage and exemptions), then aggregated by owner. The parse is accepted only when it reproduces the book's own Final Totals line and the line-by-line read exactly. Aggregates and largest owners are published; the per-account table is not
https://durhammaine.gov/uploads/2027-real-estate-commitment-book.pdf
Data as of 11 August 2026 (the commitment date printed on the 2027 books); retrieved 7 September 2026.

Central Maine Power's largest account is assessed at $19,932,900 and its location is recorded as "VARIOUS": the distribution network across the whole town, valued entirely as land with no building on it.

Local and absentee ownership

Where the tax bill is posted, by share of the town's assessed value.

Where Durham's 2027 tax bills are posted, by share of assessed value

1,836 accounts are billed in Durham, 275 outside Durham and 18 to an address not parsed. The true out-of-town share lies between 14.8% and 15.3%.

Table view

Bill posted	Accounts	Assessed value	Share of value
billed in Durham	1,836	$334,291,200	84.7%
outside Durham	275	$58,586,970	14.8%
address not parsed	18	$1,921,350	0.5%

Source & method

Town of Durham, 2027 Real Estate Tax Commitment Book (committed 2026-08-11)
Each account's full block parsed (owner, co-owners, mailing address, acreage and exemptions), then aggregated by owner. The parse is accepted only when it reproduces the book's own Final Totals line and the line-by-line read exactly. Aggregates and largest owners are published; the per-account table is not
https://durhammaine.gov/uploads/2027-real-estate-commitment-book.pdf
Data as of 11 August 2026 (the commitment date printed on the 2027 books); retrieved 7 September 2026.

This is a mailing address, not a residence. An owner who uses a PO box in Lisbon Falls, or a family trust administered by a lawyer in Portland, is counted as out of town even when the family lives on the parcel. The out-of-town figure is therefore an upper bound on absentee ownership, not a measurement of it. Most out-of-town owners are close by: the commonest are BRUNSWICK (24), FREEPORT (22), LISBON FALLS (17), PORTLAND (16). At least 49 accounts are billed outside Maine; 30 carry no state that parsed.

The largest landholdings

By acreage rather than value: a different list. Only 2 of these 8 are billed to a Durham address.

Owner	Acres	Accounts	Assessed value	Billed to
CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	506.3	7	$1,512,500	outside Durham
BELL FARMS	450.22	3	$272,300	outside Durham
RUNAROUND FARM LLC	376.65	1	$280,900	outside Durham
HOTHAM, WILLIAM H II NEW GLOUCESTER ME AUBURN POWNAL ROAD	367.64	2	$207,200	address not parsed
BEAULIEU, JEAN P	294.28	10	$527,300	outside Durham
CHRISTENSEN, JAMES A CHRISTENSEN, MARY E	245.4	4	$488,250	billed in Durham
LAUGHLIN, HENRY A III REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST	240	1	$48,400	outside Durham
COPP, MICHAEL S.	202.79	13	$2,126,850	billed in Durham

What the town does not tax

$23,158,280 of assessed value is exempt, across 1,243 accounts. The great majority is the homestead exemption, claimed on 1,130 accounts, roughly 53% of all real estate accounts in town. Of the other 113 accounts, 18 are municipal property, 22 carry veterans' exemptions and 6 are charitable holdings.

This book says what was billed, not what was paid. A tax commitment is the assessor's list as of 1 April: the tax each account owes for the year. Unpaid balances, liens and abatements are recorded elsewhere and are not in this dataset, so nothing here shows who owes the town money, only who was charged, and how much.

Source & method

Town of Durham, 2027 Real Estate Tax Commitment Book (committed 2026-08-11)
Each account's full block parsed (owner, co-owners, mailing address, acreage and exemptions), then aggregated by owner. The parse is accepted only when it reproduces the book's own Final Totals line and the line-by-line read exactly. Aggregates and largest owners are published; the per-account table is not
https://durhammaine.gov/uploads/2027-real-estate-commitment-book.pdf
Data as of 11 August 2026 (the commitment date printed on the 2027 books); retrieved 7 September 2026.