Best PlacesHutchins Corner, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hutchins Corner, 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.
Hutchins Corner ranks 16,823rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hutchins 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.
Hutchins Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hutchins Corner ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Hutchins Corner ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hutchins Corner
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hutchins Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,365, 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 Hutchins Corner's effective rate of 0.76%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hutchins Corner
Hutchins 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 Hutchins Corner.
Who works in Hutchins Corner, and how
Work in Hutchins Corner centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hutchins Corner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hutchins Corner.
What the weather is like in Hutchins Corner, month by month
Hutchins Corner sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 17° | 9° |
| April | 50° | 38° | 29° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 58° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Hutchins Corner
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 198 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hutchins Corner
Schools across Hutchins Corner average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Athens Community SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Piscataquis Community ElementaryA+ · 85% proficient
- Harmony ElementaryA+ · 83% proficient
Top high schools
- Piscataquis Community Secondary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Upper Kennebec Valley Middle/senior High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hutchins Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hutchins 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 Hutchins Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hutchins Corner
Is Hutchins Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hutchins Corner ranks 16,823rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and low crime, and lowest on biking and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hutchins Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,480. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $51,365 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Hutchins Corner safe?
Yes, Hutchins Corner is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $140 per resident a year.
Compare Hutchins Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hutchins Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hutchins 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.
Hutchins Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hutchins Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hutchins Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hutchins Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hutchins Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hutchins 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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