Best PlacesChase Mills, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chase Mills, 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.
Chase Mills ranks 5,369th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chase Mills
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.
Chase Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Chase Mills ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Chase Mills ranks low
- Short commute40.3 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chase Mills
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chase Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,115, 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 Chase Mills' effective rate of 1.13%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Chase Mills
Chase Mills's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chase Mills.
Who works in Chase Mills, and how
Work in Chase Mills centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Chase Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chase Mills.
What the weather is like in Chase Mills, month by month
Chase Mills sees roughly 63 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 Chase Mills
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 142 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chase Mills
Schools across Chase Mills average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hartford-sumner Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Buckfield Jr-sr High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chase Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chase Mills 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 Chase Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chase Mills
Is Chase Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chase Mills ranks 5,369th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chase Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,200. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $87,115 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Chase Mills safe?
Yes, Chase Mills is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $122 per resident a year.
Compare Chase Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chase Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chase Mills 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.
Chase Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chase Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chase Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chase Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chase Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chase Mills 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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