Best PlacesBrownville Junction, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brownville Junction, 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.
Brownville Junction ranks 18,550th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brownville Junction
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.
Brownville Junction's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brownville Junction ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of towns
Where Brownville Junction ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brownville Junction
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brownville Junction home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,071, 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 Brownville Junction's effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brownville Junction
Brownville Junction 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 Brownville Junction.
Who works in Brownville Junction, and how
Work in Brownville Junction centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Brownville Junction
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brownville Junction.
What the weather is like in Brownville Junction, month by month
Brownville Junction sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 17° | 9° |
| April | 50° | 38° | 29° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 58° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Brownville Junction
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 228 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brownville Junction
Schools across Brownville Junction average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brownville Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hichborn Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Se Do Mo Cha Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
Top high schools
- Penquis Valley Middle/high SchoolA− · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brownville Junction school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brownville Junction 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 Brownville Junction against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brownville Junction
Is Brownville Junction a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brownville Junction ranks 18,550th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brownville Junction expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $172,092. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $69,071 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Brownville Junction safe?
Yes, Brownville Junction is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Brownville Junction with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brownville Junction. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brownville Junction 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.
Brownville Junction detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brownville Junction: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brownville Junction: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brownville Junction: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brownville Junction: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brownville Junction 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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