Best PlacesCoopers Mills, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coopers Mills, 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.
Coopers Mills ranks 7,195th 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 Coopers 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.
Coopers Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Coopers Mills ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
Where Coopers Mills ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Short commute33.0 minutes each way, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coopers Mills
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coopers Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,208, 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 Coopers Mills' effective rate of 0.98%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Coopers Mills
Coopers Mills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coopers Mills.
Who works in Coopers Mills, and how
Work in Coopers Mills centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Coopers Mills
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Coopers Mills, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coopers Mills, month by month
Coopers Mills sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Coopers Mills
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 150 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coopers Mills
Schools across Coopers Mills average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson Village SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Windsor Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- ConyA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coopers Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coopers 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 Coopers Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coopers Mills
Is Coopers Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coopers Mills ranks 7,195th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on state infrastructure 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 Coopers Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $254,215. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $78,208 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Coopers Mills safe?
Yes, Coopers Mills is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $129 per resident a year.
Compare Coopers Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coopers Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coopers 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.
Coopers Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coopers Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coopers Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coopers Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coopers Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coopers 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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