Best Places04350, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 04350, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
04350 ranks 9,738th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 04350
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
04350's strengths and weaknesses
Where 04350 ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of zip codes
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of zip codes
Where 04350 ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of zip codes
- Short commute31.9 minutes each way, better than only 20% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than only 25% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 04350
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 04350 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,758, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 04350's effective rate of 1.04%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in 04350
04350 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 04350.
Who works in 04350, and how
Work in 04350 centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in 04350
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 04350, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 04350, month by month
04350 sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of 04350
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around 04350
Schools across 04350 average an A+, better than 97% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Monmouth Memorial SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Helen Thompson SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Carrie Ricker SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gardiner Regional Middle SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Oak Hill Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Gardiner Area High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Oak Hill High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 04350 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
04350 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 04350 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 04350
Is 04350 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 04350 ranks 9,738th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low crime, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 04350 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $251,648. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $87,758 median income, cost of living beats 44% of zip codes.
Is 04350 safe?
Yes, 04350 is safer than 99% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $124 per resident a year.
Compare 04350 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 04350. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 04350 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
04350 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 04350: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 04350: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 04350: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 04350: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
04350 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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