Best PlacesBridgton, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bridgton, 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.
Bridgton ranks 12,047th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bridgton
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.
Bridgton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bridgton ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
Where Bridgton ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute41.1 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bridgton
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bridgton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,484, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Bridgton's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 Bridgton
Bridgton 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 Bridgton.
Who works in Bridgton, and how
Work in Bridgton centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Bridgton
Bridgton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bridgton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bridgton, month by month
Bridgton sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 22° | 10° |
| April | 58° | 44° | 30° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 57° |
| October | 64° | 49° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Bridgton
The nearest airport, Portland International Jetport, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bridgton
Schools across Bridgton average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stevens Brook SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Harrison ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oxford Hills Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Lake Region Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Oxford Hills Comprehensive H SA+ · 90% proficient
- Lake Region High SchoolA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bridgton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bridgton 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 Bridgton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bridgton
Is Bridgton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bridgton ranks 12,047th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and clean air, and lowest on an overheated housing market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bridgton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $438,787. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $82,484 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Bridgton safe?
Yes, Bridgton is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
Compare Bridgton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bridgton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bridgton 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.
Bridgton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bridgton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bridgton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bridgton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bridgton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bridgton 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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