Best PlacesEmery Mills, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Emery Mills, 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.
Emery Mills ranks 7,111th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Emery Mills
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.
Emery Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Emery Mills ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
Where Emery Mills ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute39.1 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Emery Mills
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Emery Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $82,661; 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 Emery Mills' effective rate of 0.72%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Emery Mills
Emery Mills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Emery Mills.
Who works in Emery Mills, and how
Work in Emery Mills centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Emery Mills
The coast is about 32 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Emery Mills, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Emery Mills, month by month
Emery Mills sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 25° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 64° | 51° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Emery Mills
The nearest airport, Portsmouth International at Pease, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Emery Mills
Schools across Emery Mills average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Acton Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Shapleigh Memorial SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Massabesic Middle SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
Top high schools
- Massabesic High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Nute High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Emery Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Emery Mills 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 Emery Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Emery Mills
Is Emery Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Emery Mills ranks 7,111th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, cheap car insurance, and good schools, and lowest on the weather 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 Emery Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $322,255. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $82,661 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Emery Mills safe?
Yes, Emery Mills is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $112 per resident a year.
Compare Emery Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Emery Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Emery Mills 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.
Emery Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Emery Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Emery Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Emery Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Emery Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Emery Mills 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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