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Cost of living in Waldoboro, Maine

Simple answer

Typical rent is $344 a month.

Waldoboro is a Census community, not a separate city government in Maine. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $68,895 a year.

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People
1,459
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$344
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$68,895
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$291,600
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,307
Lincoln County, ME

Waldoboro, Maine has about 1,459 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $291,600.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in this town's area (Lincoln County, ME) is $1,307 a month. That rate runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Maine's prices sit at 97.0 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

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

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Maine in the table we use.

Among 95 places we list in Maine with a rent figure, 94 have higher typical rent than Waldoboro.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Bigger places in Maine

Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.