Best PlacesCherryfield, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cherryfield, 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.
Cherryfield ranks 31,590th 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 Cherryfield
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.
Cherryfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cherryfield ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of towns
Where Cherryfield ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$39,757 median, better than only 3% 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 Cherryfield
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cherryfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $39,757, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Cherryfield's effective rate of 1.04%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cherryfield
Cherryfield 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 Cherryfield.
Who works in Cherryfield, and how
Work in Cherryfield centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Cherryfield
The coast is about 36 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cherryfield, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cherryfield, month by month
Cherryfield sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 32° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Cherryfield
The nearest airport, Hancock County/Bar Harbor, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 219 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cherryfield
Schools across Cherryfield average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harrington Elementary SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Cherryfield ElementaryA+ · 88% proficient
- Peninsula SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- Sumner Memorial High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Old Town High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Narraguagus High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cherryfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cherryfield 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 Cherryfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cherryfield
Is Cherryfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cherryfield ranks 31,590th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and clean air, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cherryfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $191,710. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $39,757 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Cherryfield safe?
Yes, Cherryfield is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Cherryfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cherryfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cherryfield 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.
Cherryfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cherryfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cherryfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cherryfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cherryfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cherryfield 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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