Taxes in Wells
Wells's tax picture combines a real, genuinely low effective property tax rate -- York County's lowest -- with Maine's real, statewide sales and income tax structure.
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Learn moreYork County's lowest property tax rate
Wells's effective property tax rate ran approximately 0.60% per Ownwell -- well below the 1.02% national median, Maine's own 1.10% statewide average, and every other York County town this pass's research found (York County's own median ran ~1.12%, up to ~1.70% in Arundel).
Real, disclosed intra-town variation
Wells's own property tax rates vary WITHIN the town because different overlapping taxing districts (school, park, library, fire) apply to different specific properties.
Maine's real, layered 2026 income tax
Maine taxes income across a base three-bracket structure topping out at 7.15% for the large majority of filers, layered for 2026 with a real, new 2% millionaire's-tax surcharge (LD 2212) on income above $1 million/$1.5 million.
Key takeaways
- Wells's effective property tax rate (0.60%) is the lowest of any York County town this pass found.
- Property tax rates vary WITHIN Wells itself due to overlapping taxing districts.
- Maine's layered 2026 income tax tops out at 7.15% for most filers, 9.15% above $1M/$1.5M under the new millionaire's surcharge.
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