Best PlacesBurlington, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burlington, 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.
Burlington ranks 30,121st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Burlington
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.
Burlington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burlington ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
Where Burlington ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Burlington
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burlington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,846, 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 Burlington's effective rate of 0.83%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Burlington
Burlington 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 Burlington.
Who works in Burlington, and how
Work in Burlington centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Burlington
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Burlington.
What the weather is like in Burlington, month by month
Burlington sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 21° | 12° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 32° |
| July | 80° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Burlington
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 236 miles away.
The best schools in and around Burlington
Schools across Burlington average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Airline Community SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Enfield Station Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Helen S Dunn Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mt Jefferson Jr High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Hichborn Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top high schools
- Old Town High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Penobscot Valley High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Mattanawcook AcademyA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burlington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burlington 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 Burlington against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Burlington
Is Burlington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burlington ranks 30,121st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and quiet, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burlington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,052. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $47,846 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Burlington safe?
Yes, Burlington is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $220 per resident a year.
Compare Burlington with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burlington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burlington 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.
Burlington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burlington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burlington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burlington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burlington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burlington 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.