Best PlacesCash Corner, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cash Corner, 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.
Cash Corner ranks 174th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cash Corner
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.
Cash Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cash Corner ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
Where Cash Corner ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,229 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 73 pleasant days a year, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cash Corner
A household needs to earn about $135,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cash Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $130,333; 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 Cash Corner's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cash Corner
Cash Corner runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cash Corner.
Who works in Cash Corner, and how
Work in Cash Corner centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Cash Corner
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cash Corner, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cash Corner, month by month
Cash Corner sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 17° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Cash Corner
The nearest airport, Portland International Jetport, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cash Corner
Schools across Cash Corner average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pond Cove ElementaryA+ · 98% proficient
- Wentworth SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cape Elizabeth Middle SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Scarborough Middle SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
Top high schools
- Cape Elizabeth High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Scarborough High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cash Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cash Corner 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 Cash Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cash Corner
Is Cash Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cash Corner ranks 174th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, health care access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on state infrastructure and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cash Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $495,800. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $130,333 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Cash Corner safe?
Yes, Cash Corner is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $138 per resident a year.
Compare Cash Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cash Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cash Corner 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.
Cash Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cash Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cash Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cash Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cash Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cash Corner 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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