Best PlacesEast Baldwin, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Baldwin, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Baldwin ranks 12,142nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Baldwin
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.
East Baldwin's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Baldwin ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
Where East Baldwin ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,229 a month, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Baldwin
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Baldwin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $68,045; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 East Baldwin's effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in East Baldwin
East Baldwin 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 East Baldwin.
Who works in East Baldwin, and how
Work in East Baldwin centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in East Baldwin
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across East Baldwin, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Baldwin, month by month
East Baldwin sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 22° | 10° |
| April | 58° | 44° | 30° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 57° |
| October | 64° | 49° | 37° |
Flying in and out of East Baldwin
The nearest airport, Portland International Jetport, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 103 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Baldwin
Schools across East Baldwin average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sacopee Valley Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sacopee Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Top high schools
- Sacopee Valley High SchA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Baldwin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Baldwin 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 East Baldwin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Baldwin
Is East Baldwin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Baldwin ranks 12,142nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and low crime, and lowest on cell coverage 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 East Baldwin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $263,200. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $68,045 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is East Baldwin safe?
Yes, East Baldwin is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $154 per resident a year.
Compare East Baldwin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Baldwin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Baldwin 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.
East Baldwin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Baldwin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Baldwin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Baldwin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Baldwin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Baldwin 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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