Rankings

Best Places to Live in Maine

426 cities ranked by livability score (crime + housing + schools + cost of living).

Best Places to Live in Maine (2026)

Rank	City	Livability	Population	Median Price
#1	Portland, ME	50	210,907	$0
#2	Lewiston, ME	50	38,324	$0
#3	Bangor, ME	50	31,938	$0
#4	South Portland, ME	50	26,930	$0
#5	Auburn, ME	50	24,602	$0
#6	Scarborough, ME	50	23,076	$0
#7	Biddeford, ME	50	22,498	$0
#8	Brunswick, ME	50	22,336	$0
#9	Sanford, ME	50	22,247	$0
#10	Saco, ME	50	20,819	$0
#11	Westbrook, ME	50	20,775	$0
#12	Windham, ME	50	19,188	$0
#13	Augusta, ME	50	19,077	$0
#14	Gorham, ME	50	18,300	$0
#15	Waterville, ME	50	17,077	$0
#16	Falmouth, ME	50	12,755	$0
#17	Orono, ME	50	11,902	$0
#18	Kennebunk, ME	50	11,820	$0
#19	Wells, ME	50	11,713	$0
#20	York, ME	50	10,943	$0
#21	Farmington, ME	50	10,542	$0
#22	Houlton, ME	50	10,106	$0
#23	Skowhegan, ME	50	10,072	$0
#24	Topsham, ME	50	9,706	$0
#25	Cape Elizabeth, ME	50	9,656	$0
#26	Brewer, ME	50	9,652	$0
#27	Hampden, ME	50	9,371	$0
#28	Yarmouth, ME	50	9,053	$0
#29	Bath, ME	50	8,815	$0
#30	Freeport, ME	50	8,802	$0
#31	Presque Isle, ME	50	8,736	$0
#32	Ellsworth, ME	50	8,657	$0
#33	Old Orchard Beach, ME	50	8,632	$0
#34	Buxton, ME	50	8,512	$0
#35	Kittery, ME	50	8,389	$0
#36	Berwick, ME	50	8,175	$0
#37	Gray, ME	50	8,102	$0
#38	Kennebunkport, ME	50	8,102	$0
#39	Standish, ME	50	7,900	$0
#40	Alfred, ME	50	7,737	$0
#41	Oakland, ME	50	7,524	$0
#42	Old Town, ME	50	7,470	$0
#43	Caribou, ME	50	7,382	$0
#44	Eliot, ME	50	7,146	$0
#45	Rockland, ME	50	7,035	$0
#46	Belfast, ME	50	6,986	$0
#47	Lebanon, ME	50	6,629	$0
#48	Fairfield, ME	50	6,358	$0
#49	Oxford, ME	50	6,284	$0
#50	Winthrop, ME	50	6,191	$0
#51	Gardiner, ME	50	6,088	$0
#52	Poland, ME	50	5,954	$0
#53	Rumford, ME	50	5,942	$0
#54	Lincoln, ME	50	5,823	$0
#55	New Gloucester, ME	50	5,766	$0
#56	Bucksport, ME	50	5,497	$0
#57	Bridgton, ME	50	5,478	$0
#58	North Windham, ME	50	5,417	$0
#59	North Berwick, ME	50	5,368	$0
#60	Waldoboro, ME	50	5,253	$0
#61	Bar Harbor, ME	50	5,244	$0
#62	Camden, ME	50	5,242	$0
#63	Norway, ME	50	5,228	$0
#64	Holden, ME	50	5,008	$0
#65	Dover Foxcroft, ME	50	4,999	$0
#66	Raymond, ME	50	4,971	$0
#67	Warren, ME	50	4,932	$0
#68	Hollis Center, ME	50	4,872	$0
#69	Springvale, ME	50	4,833	$0
#70	Madison, ME	50	4,782	$0
#71	Fort Kent, ME	50	4,770	$0
#72	Wiscasset, ME	50	4,709	$0
#73	Jay, ME	50	4,657	$0
#74	Vassalboro, ME	50	4,592	$0
#75	South China, ME	50	4,526	$0
#76	Millinocket, ME	50	4,464	$0
#77	Lisbon Falls, ME	50	4,267	$0
#78	Durham, ME	50	4,262	$0
#79	Dexter, ME	50	4,258	$0
#80	York Harbor, ME	50	4,240	$0
#81	North Yarmouth, ME	50	4,240	$0
#82	South Eliot, ME	50	4,203	$0
#83	Harpswell, ME	50	4,026	$0
#84	Fryeburg, ME	50	4,024	$0
#85	Union, ME	50	4,023	$0
#86	Limington, ME	50	4,017	$0
#87	Lincolnville, ME	50	4,017	$0
#88	Norridgewock, ME	50	4,006	$0
#89	Naples, ME	50	3,985	$0
#90	Wilton, ME	50	3,982	$0
#91	Pittsfield, ME	50	3,930	$0
#92	Orrington, ME	50	3,853	$0
#93	Winterport, ME	50	3,850	$0
#94	Buckfield, ME	50	3,717	$0
#95	Casco, ME	50	3,696	$0
#96	Litchfield, ME	50	3,680	$0
#97	Rockport, ME	50	3,675	$0
#98	Lisbon, ME	50	3,612	$0
#99	Monmouth, ME	50	3,610	$0
#100	Richmond, ME	50	3,566	$0
#101	Jefferson, ME	50	3,484	$0
#102	Limerick, ME	50	3,400	$0
#103	Clinton, ME	50	3,385	$0
#104	South Berwick, ME	50	3,381	$0
#105	Belgrade, ME	50	3,351	$0
#106	Madawaska, ME	50	3,341	$0
#107	Machias, ME	50	3,340	$0
#108	Eddington, ME	50	3,334	$0
#109	Lake Arrowhead, ME	50	3,322	$0
#110	Fort Fairfield, ME	50	3,309	$0
#111	Bowdoin, ME	50	3,188	$0
#112	Woolwich, ME	50	3,158	$0
#113	Newport, ME	50	3,143	$0
#114	Bowdoinham, ME	50	3,142	$0
#115	Mechanic Falls, ME	50	3,134	$0
#116	Dixfield, ME	50	3,110	$0
#117	Livermore Falls, ME	50	3,102	$0
#118	Calais, ME	50	3,097	$0
#119	Milford, ME	50	3,095	$0
#120	North Waterboro, ME	50	3,074	$0
#121	Levant, ME	50	3,069	$0
#122	Harrison, ME	50	3,050	$0
#123	Farmingdale, ME	50	3,017	$0
#124	Corinth, ME	50	2,990	$0
#125	Shapleigh, ME	50	2,976	$0
#126	Carmel, ME	50	2,941	$0
#127	Blue Hill, ME	50	2,813	$0
#128	Minot, ME	50	2,794	$0
#129	Cumberland Center, ME	50	2,790	$0
#130	Mexico, ME	50	2,782	$0
#131	Thomaston, ME	50	2,769	$0
#132	East Waterboro, ME	50	2,731	$0
#133	Acton, ME	50	2,721	$0
#134	Windsor, ME	50	2,690	$0
#135	Searsport, ME	50	2,655	$0
#136	Readfield, ME	50	2,651	$0
#137	Mapleton, ME	50	2,627	$0
#138	Hallowell, ME	50	2,592	$0
#139	Milo, ME	50	2,582	$0
#140	Stockton Springs, ME	50	2,575	$0
#141	Cape Neddick, ME	50	2,453	$0
#142	Hancock, ME	50	2,450	$0
#143	Manchester, ME	50	2,424	$0
#144	Franklin, ME	50	2,374	$0
#145	Dunstan, ME	50	2,363	$0
#146	Leeds, ME	50	2,285	$0
#147	Waterboro, ME	50	2,250	$0
#148	Phippsburg, ME	50	2,238	$0
#149	Thorndike, ME	50	2,228	$0
#150	Guilford, ME	50	2,211	$0
#151	South Paris, ME	50	2,210	$0
#152	Palmyra, ME	50	2,209	$0
#153	Albion, ME	50	2,204	$0
#154	Damariscotta, ME	50	2,192	$0
#155	Baileyville, ME	50	2,155	$0
#156	Deer Isle, ME	50	2,137	$0
#157	Whitefield, ME	50	2,115	$0
#158	Sebago, ME	50	2,086	$0
#159	Van Buren, ME	50	2,073	$0
#160	Canaan, ME	50	2,063	$0
#161	Falmouth Foreside, ME	50	2,051	$0
#162	Princeton, ME	50	2,010	$0
#163	Strong, ME	50	2,005	$0
#164	Newcastle, ME	50	1,913	$0
#165	Nobleboro, ME	50	1,906	$0
#166	Unity, ME	50	1,894	$0
#167	Anson, ME	50	1,880	$0
#168	Livermore, ME	50	1,868	$0
#169	Bingham, ME	50	1,866	$0
#170	Steep Falls, ME	50	1,861	$0
#171	Orland, ME	50	1,852	$0
#172	Veazie, ME	50	1,847	$0
#173	West Enfield, ME	50	1,840	$0
#174	Greenville, ME	50	1,839	$0
#175	Surry, ME	50	1,836	$0
#176	Saint Albans, ME	50	1,831	$0
#177	Brownfield, ME	50	1,830	$0
#178	Limestone, ME	50	1,815	$0
#179	Boothbay Harbor, ME	50	1,810	$0
#180	West Paris, ME	50	1,808	$0
#181	Morrill, ME	50	1,790	$0
#182	Brooks, ME	50	1,775	$0
#183	Brownville, ME	50	1,766	$0
#184	Hiram, ME	50	1,748	$0
#185	Hope, ME	50	1,748	$0
#186	Porter, ME	50	1,746	$0
#187	Mount Vernon, ME	50	1,716	$0
#188	Parsonsfield, ME	50	1,715	$0
#189	Pownal, ME	50	1,696	$0
#190	Boothbay, ME	50	1,685	$0
#191	Cumberland Foreside, ME	50	1,657	$0
#192	Greenbush, ME	50	1,649	$0
#193	Searsmont, ME	50	1,646	$0
#194	Dresden, ME	50	1,645	$0
#195	Phillips, ME	50	1,632	$0
#196	Washington, ME	50	1,624	$0
#197	Randolph, ME	50	1,610	$0
#198	Hartland, ME	50	1,602	$0
#199	Washburn, ME	50	1,599	$0
#200	Freedom, ME	50	1,577	$0
#201	Southwest Harbor, ME	50	1,553	$0
#202	New Sharon, ME	50	1,550	$0
#203	Tenants Harbor, ME	50	1,543	$0
#204	Howland, ME	50	1,540	$0
#205	Lubec, ME	50	1,525	$0
#206	Peru, ME	50	1,501	$0
#207	East Millinocket, ME	50	1,495	$0
#208	Owls Head, ME	50	1,482	$0
#209	West Newfield, ME	50	1,480	$0
#210	Palermo, ME	50	1,473	$0
#211	Cushing, ME	50	1,460	$0
#212	Bristol, ME	50	1,456	$0
#213	Easton, ME	50	1,433	$0
#214	Ashland, ME	50	1,427	$0
#215	Mars Hill, ME	50	1,405	$0
#216	Bryant Pond, ME	50	1,399	$0
#217	West Kennebunk, ME	50	1,395	$0
#218	Steuben, ME	50	1,388	$0
#219	Kents Hill, ME	50	1,383	$0
#220	Ogunquit, ME	50	1,379	$0
#221	South Thomaston, ME	50	1,378	$0
#222	Castine, ME	50	1,362	$0
#223	Lovell, ME	50	1,353	$0
#224	Kenduskeag, ME	50	1,333	$0
#225	Jackman, ME	50	1,325	$0
#226	Plymouth, ME	50	1,319	$0
#227	Perry, ME	50	1,296	$0
#228	Waterford, ME	50	1,269	$0
#229	Eastport, ME	50	1,263	$0
#230	Bradford, ME	50	1,254	$0
#231	Etna, ME	50	1,252	$0
#232	Hudson, ME	50	1,251	$0
#233	Edgecomb, ME	50	1,251	$0
#234	Sullivan, ME	50	1,246	$0
#235	East Machias, ME	50	1,230	$0
#236	Vinalhaven, ME	50	1,216	$0
#237	Friendship, ME	50	1,213	$0
#238	South Windham, ME	50	1,212	$0
#239	Dixmont, ME	50	1,207	$0
#240	Harmony, ME	50	1,192	$0
#241	Canton, ME	50	1,191	$0
#242	Pembroke, ME	50	1,178	$0
#243	Columbia Falls, ME	50	1,173	$0
#244	Penobscot, ME	50	1,154	$0
#245	Stetson, ME	50	1,151	$0
#246	Gouldsboro, ME	50	1,142	$0
#247	Sangerville, ME	50	1,136	$0
#248	Sedgwick, ME	50	1,130	$0
#249	Charleston, ME	50	1,117	$0
#250	Medway, ME	50	1,111	$0
#251	Hebron, ME	50	1,105	$0
#252	Wayne, ME	50	1,101	$0
#253	Frankfort, ME	50	1,098	$0
#254	Exeter, ME	50	1,093	$0
#255	Mount Desert, ME	50	1,072	$0
#256	Denmark, ME	50	1,054	$0
#257	Cherryfield, ME	50	1,050	$0
#258	Addison, ME	50	1,045	$0
#259	Cornish, ME	50	1,024	$0
#260	Machiasport, ME	50	1,016	$0
#261	Georgetown, ME	50	1,012	$0
#262	Greene, ME	50	1,004	$0
#263	Monroe, ME	50	1,001	$0
#264	Sherman, ME	50	999	$0
#265	Chisholm, ME	50	988	$0
#266	Troy, ME	50	984	$0
#267	East Boothbay, ME	50	978	$0
#268	Frenchville, ME	50	971	$0
#269	Liberty, ME	50	969	$0
#270	Solon, ME	50	963	$0
#271	Burnham, ME	50	953	$0
#272	Kittery Point, ME	50	935	$0
#273	Lee, ME	50	925	$0
#274	New Portland, ME	50	919	$0
#275	Bremen, ME	50	917	$0
#276	Harrington, ME	50	917	$0
#277	Brooklin, ME	50	869	$0
#278	Athens, ME	50	858	$0
#279	Smithfield, ME	50	856	$0
#280	Bradley, ME	50	845	$0
#281	Sumner, ME	50	845	$0
#282	Saint Agatha, ME	50	842	$0
#283	Stonington, ME	50	840	$0
#284	Springfield, ME	50	838	$0
#285	Orrs Island, ME	50	837	$0
#286	Peaks Island, ME	50	826	$0
#287	Eagle Lake, ME	50	825	$0
#288	Temple, ME	50	824	$0
#289	Garland, ME	50	823	$0
#290	Kezar Falls, ME	50	819	$0
#291	Alna, ME	50	818	$0
#292	Blaine, ME	50	804	$0
#293	West Baldwin, ME	50	801	$0
#294	Lagrange, ME	50	785	$0
#295	Smyrna Mills, ME	50	783	$0
#296	Greenwood, ME	50	759	$0
#297	Spruce Head, ME	50	753	$0
#298	Orient, ME	50	730	$0
#299	Bass Harbor, ME	50	719	$0
#300	Little Falls, ME	50	718	$0
#301	Corinna, ME	50	711	$0
#302	Abbot, ME	50	675	$0
#303	Monticello, ME	50	674	$0
#304	Cousins Island, ME	50	658	$0
#305	Brooksville, ME	50	651	$0
#306	Detroit, ME	50	650	$0
#307	Islesboro, ME	50	636	$0
#308	Saint Francis, ME	50	624	$0
#309	Robbinston, ME	50	621	$0
#310	Ocean Park, ME	50	612	$0
#311	Patten, ME	50	607	$0
#312	New Vineyard, ME	50	607	$0
#313	Monson, ME	50	596	$0
#314	Kingfield, ME	50	586	$0
#315	Dennysville, ME	50	582	$0
#316	Andover, ME	50	578	$0
#317	Jonesport, ME	50	571	$0
#318	Jonesboro, ME	50	570	$0
#319	Walpole, ME	50	557	$0
#320	Chebeague Island, ME	50	555	$0
#321	North Monmouth, ME	50	552	$0
#322	Saint David, ME	50	550	$0
#323	Sebec, ME	50	547	$0
#324	Southport, ME	50	547	$0
#325	Stockholm, ME	50	545	$0
#326	Bethel, ME	50	537	$0
#327	Vienna, ME	50	536	$0
#328	Cambridge, ME	50	532	$0
#329	Wallagrass, ME	50	528	$0
#330	Roxbury, ME	50	526	$0
#331	Brownville Junction, ME	50	524	$0
#332	Round Pond, ME	50	520	$0
#333	New Harbor, ME	50	514	$0
#334	South Bristol, ME	50	512	$0
#335	Turner, ME	50	505	$0
#336	Bernard, ME	50	505	$0
#337	Whiting, ME	50	499	$0
#338	Beals, ME	50	498	$0
#339	New Sweden, ME	50	494	$0
#340	Winter Harbor, ME	50	493	$0
#341	Cutler, ME	50	492	$0
#342	Bridgewater, ME	50	492	$0
#343	North Haven, ME	50	480	$0
#344	Stacyville, ME	50	478	$0
#345	Benedicta, ME	50	465	$0
#346	Weld, ME	50	459	$0
#347	Danforth, ME	50	452	$0
#348	Oakfield, ME	50	449	$0
#349	Sinclair, ME	50	446	$0
#350	North Anson, ME	50	445	$0
#351	Trevett, ME	50	439	$0
#352	Swans Island, ME	50	438	$0
#353	Mattawamkeag, ME	50	436	$0
#354	Northeast Harbor, ME	50	419	$0
#355	Rangeley, ME	50	407	$0
#356	Passadumkeag, ME	50	384	$0
#357	Pemaquid, ME	50	382	$0
#358	Westfield, ME	50	382	$0
#359	Portage, ME	50	374	$0
#360	New Limerick, ME	50	372	$0
#361	Island Falls, ME	50	359	$0
#362	East Baldwin, ME	50	356	$0
#363	Burlington, ME	50	355	$0
#364	Sorrento, ME	50	345	$0
#365	Little Deer Isle, ME	50	333	$0
#366	Wesley, ME	50	328	$0
#367	Milbridge, ME	50	326	$0
#368	Meddybemps, ME	50	326	$0
#369	Perham, ME	50	326	$0
#370	Rockwood, ME	50	316	$0
#371	Port Clyde, ME	50	313	$0
#372	Wytopitlock, ME	50	311	$0
#373	South Gardiner, ME	50	298	$0
#374	Winn, ME	50	287	$0
#375	West Boothbay Harbor, ME	50	286	$0
#376	Seal Cove, ME	50	284	$0
#377	Hanover, ME	50	276	$0
#378	Stoneham, ME	50	271	$0
#379	Stratton, ME	50	269	$0
#380	Newry, ME	50	268	$0
#381	Long Island, ME	50	249	$0
#382	Grand Isle, ME	50	243	$0
#383	Shirley Mills, ME	50	234	$0
#384	Eustis, ME	50	232	$0
#385	Topsfield, ME	50	228	$0
#386	Corea, ME	50	225	$0
#387	Kingman, ME	50	217	$0
#388	West Forks, ME	50	217	$0
#389	Stillwater, ME	50	214	$0
#390	Greenville Junction, ME	50	208	$0
#391	Harborside, ME	50	202	$0
#392	Aurora, ME	50	194	$0
#393	Bailey Island, ME	50	183	$0
#394	Waite, ME	50	175	$0
#395	Prospect Harbor, ME	50	171	$0
#396	North Bridgton, ME	50	164	$0
#397	Brookton, ME	50	162	$0
#398	Sargentville, ME	50	144	$0
#399	Hinckley, ME	50	140	$0
#400	Sabattus, ME	50	134	$0
#401	Islesford, ME	50	134	$0
#402	Seal Harbor, ME	50	123	$0
#403	Vanceboro, ME	50	122	$0
#404	Monhegan, ME	50	120	$0
#405	Oquossoc, ME	50	108	$0
#406	East Andover, ME	50	101	$0
#407	Caratunk, ME	50	101	$0
#408	Newfield, ME	50	100	$0
#409	Cliff Island, ME	50	93	$0
#410	Birch Harbor, ME	50	92	$0
#411	Oxbow, ME	50	88	$0
#412	Littlejohn Island, ME	50	73	$0
#413	Isle Au Haut, ME	50	69	$0
#414	East Orland, ME	50	63	$0
#415	Cranberry Isles, ME	50	62	$0
#416	Matinicus, ME	50	48	$0
#417	Chamberlain, ME	50	45	$0
#418	Coopers Mills, ME	50	42	$0
#419	Biddeford Pool, ME	50	39	$0
#420	East Dixfield, ME	50	35	$0
#421	Frenchboro, ME	50	30	$0
#422	North Waterford, ME	50	26	$0
#423	Shawmut, ME	50	21	$0
#424	York Beach, ME	50	15	$0
#425	Lambert Lake, ME	50	11	$0
#426	Squirrel Island, ME	50	3	$0

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