Cost of living in Brewer, Maine

Brewer, Maine has about 9,652 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $245,300.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in this town's area (Bangor, ME HUD Metro FMR Area) is $1,722 a month. That rate runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Bangor, ME metro area, prices sit at 96.5 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Maine taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Brewer's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Maine home paid 32.41¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Brewer's bill.

EIA does not publish a Maine gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the New England (PADD 1A) all-grades price was $4.433 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,127.84 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Maine shares this price.

Among 95 places we list in Maine with a rent figure, 37 have higher typical rent than Brewer.