Best PlacesBryant Pond, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bryant Pond, 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.
Bryant Pond ranks 9,088th 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 Bryant Pond
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.
Bryant Pond's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bryant Pond 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 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
Where Bryant Pond ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% 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
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bryant Pond
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bryant Pond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,317, 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 Bryant Pond's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bryant Pond
Bryant Pond runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bryant Pond.
Who works in Bryant Pond, and how
Work in Bryant Pond centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Bryant Pond
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bryant Pond.
What the weather is like in Bryant Pond, month by month
Bryant Pond sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 23° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| July | 83° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 62° | 50° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Bryant Pond
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 140 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bryant Pond
Schools across Bryant Pond average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodstock SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Crescent Park SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Rumford ElementaryA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Telstar Middle SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Mountain Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Telstar High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Mountain Valley High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bryant Pond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bryant Pond 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 Bryant Pond against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bryant Pond
Is Bryant Pond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bryant Pond ranks 9,088th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bryant Pond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,596. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $64,317 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Bryant Pond safe?
Yes, Bryant Pond is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $121 per resident a year.
Compare Bryant Pond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bryant Pond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bryant Pond 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.
Bryant Pond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bryant Pond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bryant Pond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bryant Pond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bryant Pond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bryant Pond 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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