Best PlacesEast Millinocket, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Millinocket, 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 Millinocket ranks 26,967th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Millinocket
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 Millinocket's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Millinocket ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute18.0 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
Where East Millinocket ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$42,394 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Millinocket
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Millinocket home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,394, 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 Millinocket's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Millinocket
East Millinocket 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 Millinocket.
Who works in East Millinocket, and how
Work in East Millinocket centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in East Millinocket
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Millinocket.
What the weather is like in East Millinocket, month by month
East Millinocket sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 19° | 10° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| July | 83° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of East Millinocket
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 256 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Millinocket
Schools across East Millinocket average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Opal Myrick Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Granite Street SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Medway Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Schenck High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Stearns Jr-sr High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Millinocket school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Millinocket 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 Millinocket against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Millinocket
Is East Millinocket a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Millinocket ranks 26,967th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and walkability, and lowest on distance from a big city and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Millinocket expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $87,786. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $42,394 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is East Millinocket safe?
Yes, East Millinocket is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
Compare East Millinocket with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Millinocket. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Millinocket 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 Millinocket detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Millinocket: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Millinocket: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Millinocket: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Millinocket: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Millinocket 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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