Best PlacesHighpine, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Highpine, 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.
Highpine ranks 3,598th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Highpine
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.
Highpine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Highpine ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
Where Highpine ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,184 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Highpine
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Highpine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,945, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Highpine's effective rate of 0.70%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Highpine
Highpine's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Highpine.
Who works in Highpine, and how
Work in Highpine centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Highpine
The coast is about 13 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Highpine, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Highpine, month by month
Highpine sees roughly 61 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 Highpine
The nearest airport, Portsmouth International at Pease, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Highpine
Schools across Highpine average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sea Road SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Wells Elementary SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wells Junior High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Top high schools
- Kennebunk High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Wells High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Highpine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Highpine 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 Highpine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Highpine
Is Highpine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Highpine ranks 3,598th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Highpine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $476,023. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $93,945 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Highpine safe?
Yes, Highpine is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $128 per resident a year.
Compare Highpine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Highpine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Highpine 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.
Highpine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Highpine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Highpine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Highpine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Highpine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Highpine 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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