What is the median rent in Mount Desert, ME?

Name: Median rent in Mount Desert, ME, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Mount Desert, ME is $1,341 (±$89) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 121 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Mount Desert, the median gross rent went from $1,004 in 2015–2019 to $1,341 in 2020–2024 (+33.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,341 (±$89)
Rented homes: 121 (±67)
$2,000 or more: 9.1%
Since 2015–2019: +33.6%

How much rent costs in Mount Desert

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Mount Desert	Hancock County	Maine	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±20.2 points)	7.7%	12.2%	6.3%
$500 to $999	12.4% (±14.3 points)	37.6%	27.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	78.5% (±22.0 points)	36.9%	31.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±20.2 points)	10.2%	16.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	9.1% (±13.8 points)	5.2%	7.1%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±20.2 points)	1.8%	2.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±20.2 points)	0.5%	2.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 78.5% of renting households.

9.1% of rented homes in Mount Desert cost $2,000 or more a month.

Mount Desert against Hancock County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Mount Desert	Hancock County	Maine	United States
Median gross rent	$1,341 (±$89)	$1,061 (±$71)	$1,139 (±$13)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	121 (±67)	4,916 (±471)	142,202 (±2,328)	42,849,984

In Mount Desert, median gross rent is higher than in Hancock County ($1,061).

It is also higher than in Maine ($1,139).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Hancock County, Mount Desert ranks 6 of 32 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 62 of 355.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Mount Desert has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$1,004 (±$318)	$1,341 (±$89)	+33.6%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	15.6% (±6.0 points)	15.2% (±8.0 points)	−0.4 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	5.3% (±8.5 points)	6.9% (±8.5 points)	+1.6 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Mount Desert

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Mount Desert
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Mount Desert	—	$1,341 (±$89)	—
Southwest Harbor	5.3 mi	$959 (±$50)	Lower
Bar Harbor	5.5 mi	$1,106 (±$351)	Not measurably different
Bar Harbor (community)	6.8 mi	$1,070 (±$369)	Not measurably different
Cranberry Isles	7.3 mi	$1,000 (±$413)	Not measurably different
Tremont	8.2 mi	$1,217 (±$406)	Not measurably different
Winter Harbor	9.6 mi	$818 (±$433)	Lower
Trenton	9.6 mi	$1,102 (±$241)	Not measurably different
Blue Hill	11 mi	$1,038 (±$638)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Southwest Harbor, ME ($959), Winter Harbor, ME ($818).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Hancock County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Swans Island	$2,125 (±$556)
2	Deer Isle	$1,909 (±$927)
3	Sorrento	$1,696 (±$433)
4	Otis	$1,563 (±$734)
5	Dedham	$1,422 (±$607)
6	Mount Desert	$1,341 (±$89)
7	Brooksville	$1,307 (±$68)
8	Gouldsboro	$1,298 (±$507)
9	Brooklin	$1,236 (±$137)
10	Tremont	$1,217 (±$406)
11	Lamoine	$1,174 (±$158)
12	Hancock	$1,171 (±$65)

Showing 12 of 32 places in Hancock County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Mount Desert

What is the average rent in Mount Desert, ME?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Mount Desert is $1,341 (±$89) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Mount Desert?

In Mount Desert, the median gross rent went from $1,004 in 2015–2019 to $1,341 in 2020–2024 (+33.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Mount Desert cost more than $2,000 a month?

9.1% of rented homes in Mount Desert have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Mount Desert higher than in Hancock County?

In Mount Desert, median gross rent is higher than in Hancock County ($1,061).

It is also higher than in Maine ($1,139).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Mount Desert town, Hancock County, Maine (county subdivision:47630, in state:23 county:009).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.