Best PlacesJackman, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jackman, 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.
Jackman ranks 35,576th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Jackman
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.
Jackman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jackman ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 87% of towns
Where Jackman ranks low
- Household income$43,285 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jackman
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jackman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $43,285; 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 Jackman's effective rate of 0.86%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jackman
Jackman 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 Jackman.
Who works in Jackman, and how
Work in Jackman centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Jackman
Jackman has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Jackman and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jackman, month by month
Jackman sees roughly 78 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 Jackman
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 89 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 228 miles away.
The best schools in and around Jackman
Schools across Jackman average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stratton Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Top high schools
- Mt Abram Regional High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Upper Kennebec Valley Middle/senior High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Pittsburg School (high)D+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jackman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jackman 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 Jackman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jackman
Is Jackman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jackman ranks 35,576th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and clean air, and lowest on low incomes 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 Jackman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $183,693. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $43,285 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Jackman safe?
Jackman is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $297 per resident a year.
Compare Jackman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jackman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jackman 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.
Jackman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jackman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jackman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jackman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jackman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jackman 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.