Best PlacesEastport, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eastport, 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.
Eastport ranks 27,790th 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 Eastport
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.
Eastport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eastport ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute18.5 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
Where Eastport ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$45,573 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eastport
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eastport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $45,573; 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 Eastport's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 Eastport
Eastport 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 Eastport.
Who works in Eastport, and how
Work in Eastport centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Eastport
Eastport has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. The coast is about 44 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Eastport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eastport, month by month
Eastport sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 32° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Eastport
The nearest airport, Hancock County/Bar Harbor, is about 74 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 267 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eastport
Schools across Eastport average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perry Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Eastport Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Shead High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eastport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eastport 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 Eastport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eastport
Is Eastport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eastport ranks 27,790th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and good schools, 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 Eastport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $179,800. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $45,573 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Eastport safe?
Eastport is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $445 per resident a year.
Compare Eastport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eastport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eastport 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.
Eastport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eastport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eastport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eastport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eastport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eastport 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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