Best PlacesBrixham, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brixham, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Brixham ranks 388th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brixham
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.
Brixham's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brixham ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$137,660 median, better than 96% of towns
Where Brixham ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,184 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brixham
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brixham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $137,660; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Brixham's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 Brixham
Brixham's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brixham.
Who works in Brixham, and how
Work in Brixham centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Brixham
The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Brixham, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brixham, month by month
Brixham sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Brixham
The nearest airport, Portsmouth International at Pease, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brixham
Schools across Brixham average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coastal Ridge ElementaryA+ · 93% proficient
- Marshwood Great Works SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Central SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- York Middle SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Top high schools
- York High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Marshwood High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brixham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brixham 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 Brixham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brixham
Is Brixham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brixham ranks 388th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and cheap car insurance, 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 Brixham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $532,777. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $137,660 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Brixham safe?
Yes, Brixham is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $121 per resident a year.
Compare Brixham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brixham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brixham 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.
Brixham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brixham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brixham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brixham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brixham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brixham 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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