Best PlacesEast Buckfield, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Buckfield, 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.
East Buckfield ranks 5,098th 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 Buckfield
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 Buckfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Buckfield ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where East Buckfield ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Buckfield
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Buckfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,445, 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 East Buckfield's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 East Buckfield
East Buckfield runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Buckfield.
Who works in East Buckfield, and how
Work in East Buckfield centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in East Buckfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Buckfield.
What the weather is like in East Buckfield, month by month
East Buckfield sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 23° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| July | 83° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 62° | 50° | 39° |
Flying in and out of East Buckfield
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Buckfield
Schools across East Buckfield average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hartford-sumner Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Turner Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tripp Middle SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
Top high schools
- Leavitt Area High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Buckfield Jr-sr High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Buckfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Buckfield 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 Buckfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Buckfield
Is East Buckfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Buckfield ranks 5,098th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and low crime, and lowest on cell coverage and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Buckfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,505. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $95,445 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is East Buckfield safe?
Yes, East Buckfield is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $153 per resident a year.
Compare East Buckfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Buckfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Buckfield 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 Buckfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Buckfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Buckfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Buckfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Buckfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Buckfield 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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