Best PlacesDixmont, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dixmont, 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.
Dixmont ranks 5,838th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dixmont
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.
Dixmont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dixmont 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
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
Where Dixmont ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 21% of towns
- Short commute32.5 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dixmont
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dixmont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,253, 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 Dixmont's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dixmont
Dixmont 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 Dixmont.
Who works in Dixmont, and how
Work in Dixmont centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Dixmont
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Dixmont, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dixmont, month by month
Dixmont sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Dixmont
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 188 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dixmont
Schools across Dixmont average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Etna-dixmont SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Troy Central SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Reeds Brook Middle SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Samuel L Wagner Middle SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Caravel Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top high schools
- Hampden AcademyA+ · 98% proficient
- Hermon High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Nokomis Regional High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dixmont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dixmont 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 Dixmont against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dixmont
Is Dixmont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dixmont ranks 5,838th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on state infrastructure and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dixmont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,044. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $76,253 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Dixmont safe?
Yes, Dixmont is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $112 per resident a year.
Compare Dixmont with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dixmont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dixmont 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.
Dixmont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dixmont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dixmont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dixmont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dixmont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dixmont 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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