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Presque Isle property tax rate

Presque Isle's 2024 mil rate is $21.30 per $1,000 of assessed value. A property assessed at $300,000 owes $6,390.00 for the year. That ranks 62nd highest of Maine's 482 municipalities, in the highest quarter, $6.74 per $1,000 above the $14.56 per $1,000 state median.

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  1. 1Mil rate $21.30 per $1,000
  2. 2Bill on $300,000 assessed $6,390.00

Your Presque Isle tax bill

2024 bill
$6,390.00
$300,000 ÷ 1,000 × $21.30

The bill before exemptions and credits. Compare every Maine rate.

Mil rate 2024
$21.30
Certified ratio
100%
Rank in ME (1 = highest)
62 of 482
Rank in Aroostook County
18 of 64

Presque Isle's rate, ratio and tax base

$21.30Mil rate$21.30× 100% ratio$14.56ME median
Presque Isle: the 2024 mil rate, the same rate multiplied by the certified ratio (tax per $1,000 of market value at the town's average level of assessment), and the Maine median rate. Columns to scale from $0.

Maine Revenue Services certified Presque Isle's 2024 ratio at 100%: its assessments average 100% of market value, exactly at market. Multiplying the rate by the ratio gives $21.30 per $1,000 of market value at that average level. The state median ratio is 100%, and 234 municipalities are certified at 100%.

The rate comes from the town's own numbers: Presque Isle committed $14,493,099 of property tax on $680,427,200 of taxable valuation, and $21.30 per $1,000 on that valuation raises $14,493,099. That commitment ranks 52nd of 482 in Maine and is 14.05% of all the property tax committed in Aroostook County's 64 municipalities; the valuation ranks 81st.

Tax on common assessed values in Presque Isle

Assessed value2024 billVersus ME median rate
$200,000$4,260.00+$1,348.00
$300,000$6,390.00+$2,022.00
$400,000$8,520.00+$2,696.00
$500,000$10,650.00+$3,370.00
$750,000$15,975.00+$5,055.00

Each bill is the assessed value divided by 1,000 and multiplied by $21.30, before exemptions, credits such as Maine's homestead exemption or special charges. These are assessed values, not sale prices: at a 100% ratio the $300,000 row is a property worth about $300,000. The last column is the difference from the same assessment at the $14.56 per $1,000 state median.

How Presque Isle compares in Aroostook County and Maine

Hodgdon$22.50Island Falls$22.50New Sweden$22.20Perham$22.00Monticello$21.50Caribou$21.40Presque Isle$21.30Oakfield$20.92Fort Fairfield$20.79Littleton$20.50Van Buren$20.50Blaine$20.25Woodland$20.10
Presque Isle and the 12 Aroostook County municipalities with the nearest rates (of 64), 2024. Bars to scale from $0.

Among the 64 municipalities in Aroostook County, Presque Isle ranks 18th highest; the county median is $17.41 per $1,000, so Presque Isle sits $3.89 per $1,000 above it. The next higher rate in the county is Caribou at $21.40, and the next lower is Oakfield at $20.92. Statewide, 87% of municipalities have a lower mil rate than Presque Isle.

017.535median $14.56Presque Isle $21.30lowest → highest of 482
Every Maine municipality's 2024 rate per $1,000 of assessed value, lowest to highest (482 bars, to scale from $0). Presque Isle is marked; the line is the median.

Outside Aroostook County, the closest rates are Wilton ($21.30, Franklin), Orono ($21.35, Penobscot), Farmington ($21.45, Franklin), Greenbush ($21.10, Penobscot). Because towns assess at different shares of market value, the rate multiplied by the certified ratio is the better guide to what a house of a given price pays.

Appealing a Presque Isle assessment

In Maine an abatement starts with a written request to Presque Isle's assessors within 185 days of the tax being committed. The assessors have 60 days to decide; then the appeal goes within 60 days to the Board of Assessment Review, or to the Aroostook County commissioners where the municipality has no board, and on to the Superior Court within 30 days (Maine Revenue Services, Property Tax Bulletin No. 10 (revised March 26, 2020)). Overvaluation is judged against how the town assesses similar property on average, which is where Presque Isle's 100% certified ratio comes in: a $300,000 assessment at that ratio corresponds to about $300,000 of market value.

The Maine appeal page sets out each step with its source and the ratio arithmetic. This is a summary of the published procedure, not legal advice.

Presque Isle property tax questions

What is the property tax rate in Presque Isle, ME?

Presque Isle's 2024 mil rate is $21.30 per $1,000 of assessed value. Source: Maine Revenue Services.

How much is the property tax on a $300,000 assessment in Presque Isle?

$300,000 ÷ 1,000 × $21.30 = $6,390.00 a year, before exemptions and credits.

Is Presque Isle's tax rate high for Maine?

It ranks 62nd highest of 482, in the highest quarter of Maine municipalities; the median is $14.56 per $1,000. Its certified ratio is 100%, so its assessments sit at market value on average.

How do I appeal a Presque Isle property assessment?

Written abatement request to the assessors: 185 days after commitment (36 M.R.S. §§ 841–849 (Bulletin 10)). Then: assessors' decision (60 days); appeal to the board of assessment review or county commissioners (60 days); appeal to the superior court (30 days).

Source: Maine Revenue Services, 2024 Municipal Valuation Return Statistical Summary, Section 1 (certified ratio, commitment, tax rate, total taxable valuation), dated November 19, 2025. Appeal steps: Maine Revenue Services, Property Tax Bulletin No. 10 (revised March 26, 2020). Last checked October 21, 2026. This page explains published figures; it is not tax or legal advice.