$265,000 buys the median home in Bangor right now. With 20% down, that's a $53,000 down payment and a $212,000 loan, set against a $52,000 median household income.
At a 1.2% effective rate, Bangor property taxes add $265 to the monthly payment on the median home, $3,180 a year in total.
Maine levies a state income tax on top of the $1,757/month this mortgage runs. Model your real after-tax take-home before deciding how much payment you can carry.
Bangor's cost of living index is 96, below the 100 national baseline. That's on top of the housing numbers above, not instead of them.
Bangor's median home price runs 45% lower than nearby Portland: $485,000 there versus $265,000 here.