Best PlacesHunts Corner, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hunts Corner, 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.
Hunts Corner ranks 17,995th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hunts Corner
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.
Hunts Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hunts Corner ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
Where Hunts Corner ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute42.3 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hunts Corner
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hunts Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,680, 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 Hunts Corner's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hunts Corner
Hunts Corner 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 Hunts Corner.
Who works in Hunts Corner, and how
Work in Hunts Corner centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hunts Corner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hunts Corner.
What the weather is like in Hunts Corner, month by month
Hunts Corner sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 22° | 10° |
| April | 58° | 44° | 30° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 57° |
| October | 64° | 49° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Hunts Corner
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hunts Corner
Schools across Hunts Corner average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodstock SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Crescent Park SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Agnes Gray SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Telstar Middle SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- Oxford Hills Comprehensive H SA+ · 90% proficient
- Telstar High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hunts Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hunts Corner 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 Hunts Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hunts Corner
Is Hunts Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hunts Corner ranks 17,995th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and a strong job market, and lowest on an overheated housing market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hunts Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $289,600. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $64,680 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Hunts Corner safe?
Yes, Hunts Corner is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
Compare Hunts Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hunts Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hunts Corner 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.
Hunts Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hunts Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hunts Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hunts Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hunts Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hunts Corner 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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