Best PlacesDeBlois, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around DeBlois, 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.
DeBlois ranks 27,539th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in DeBlois
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.
DeBlois' strengths and weaknesses
Where DeBlois ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
Where DeBlois ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in DeBlois
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median DeBlois home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,620, 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 DeBlois' effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in DeBlois
DeBlois 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 DeBlois.
Who works in DeBlois, and how
Work in DeBlois centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in DeBlois
The coast is about 51 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across DeBlois, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in DeBlois, month by month
DeBlois 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 DeBlois
The nearest airport, Hancock County/Bar Harbor, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 223 miles away.
The best schools in and around DeBlois
Schools across DeBlois average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cave Hill SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Cherryfield ElementaryA+ · 88% proficient
- Airline Community SchoolA+ · 80% 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 DeBlois school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
DeBlois 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 DeBlois against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in DeBlois
Is DeBlois a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, DeBlois ranks 27,539th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and quiet, and lowest on an overheated housing market and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is DeBlois expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,056. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $58,620 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is DeBlois safe?
Yes, DeBlois is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $243 per resident a year.
Compare DeBlois with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to DeBlois. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in DeBlois 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.
DeBlois detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for DeBlois: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in DeBlois: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of DeBlois: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in DeBlois: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
DeBlois 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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