Best PlacesGlenburn Center, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glenburn Center, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Glenburn Center ranks 2,080th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Glenburn Center
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.
Glenburn Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glenburn Center ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
Where Glenburn Center ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,041 a month, better than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glenburn Center
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glenburn Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,701, 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 Glenburn Center'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glenburn Center
Glenburn Center runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Glenburn Center.
Who works in Glenburn Center, and how
Work in Glenburn Center centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Glenburn Center
The coast is about 45 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Glenburn Center, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glenburn Center, month by month
Glenburn Center sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 21° | 12° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 32° |
| July | 80° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Glenburn Center
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 206 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glenburn Center
Schools across Glenburn Center average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Glenburn Elementary SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Bangor High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Hermon High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Central High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glenburn Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glenburn Center 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 Glenburn Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glenburn Center
Is Glenburn Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glenburn Center ranks 2,080th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, heat safety, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on state infrastructure and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glenburn Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $270,127. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $99,701 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Glenburn Center safe?
Yes, Glenburn Center is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $138 per resident a year.
Compare Glenburn Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glenburn Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glenburn Center 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.
Glenburn Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glenburn Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glenburn Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glenburn Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glenburn Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glenburn Center 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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