Best Places04756, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 04756, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
04756 ranks 9,377th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 04756
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.
04756's strengths and weaknesses
Where 04756 ranks high
- Short commute10.8 minutes each way, better than 99% of zip codes
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of zip codes
Where 04756 ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- Household income$54,338 median, better than only 16% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 04756
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 04756 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,338, 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 04756's effective rate of 1.30%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 04756
04756 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 04756.
Who works in 04756, and how
Work in 04756 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in 04756
04756 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 99% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 04756 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 04756, month by month
04756 sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 6. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 14° | 6° |
| April | 49° | 37° | 28° |
| July | 80° | 67° | 56° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 36° |
Flying in and out of 04756
The nearest airport, Presque Isle International, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 368 miles away.
The best schools in and around 04756
Schools across 04756 average an A+, better than 99% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Madawaska Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Top high schools
- Madawaska Middle/high SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 04756 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
04756 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 04756 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 04756
Is 04756 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 04756 ranks 9,377th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on short commutes, good schools, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on distance from a big city and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 04756 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $154,523. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $54,338 median income, cost of living beats 25% of zip codes.
Is 04756 safe?
Yes, 04756 is safer than 56% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $300 per resident a year.
Compare 04756 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 04756. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 04756 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.
04756 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 04756: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 04756: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 04756: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 04756: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
04756 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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