Best PlacesEast Troy, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Troy, 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.
East Troy ranks 10,873rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Troy
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 Troy's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Troy ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
Where East Troy ranks low
- Short commute37.7 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- 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
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Troy
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Troy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,372, 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 Troy's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 5 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 Troy
East Troy 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 Troy.
Who works in East Troy, and how
Work in East Troy centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in East Troy
The coast is about 31 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across East Troy, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Troy, month by month
East Troy 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 East Troy
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 184 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Troy
Schools across East Troy average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Etna-dixmont SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Morse Memorial SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Troy Central SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Warsaw Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Mt View Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Nokomis Regional High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Mt View High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Troy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Troy 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 Troy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Troy
Is East Troy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Troy ranks 10,873rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on long commutes 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 Troy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,627. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $63,372 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is East Troy safe?
Yes, East Troy is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $117 per resident a year.
Compare East Troy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Troy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Troy 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 Troy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Troy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Troy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Troy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Troy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Troy 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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