Best PlacesJonesport, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jonesport, 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.
Jonesport ranks 15,457th 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 Jonesport
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.
Jonesport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jonesport ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute16.7 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
Where Jonesport ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jonesport
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jonesport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,500, 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 Jonesport's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jonesport
Jonesport 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 Jonesport.
Who works in Jonesport, and how
Work in Jonesport centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Jonesport
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Jonesport, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jonesport, month by month
Jonesport sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 32° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Jonesport
The nearest airport, Hancock County/Bar Harbor, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 227 miles away.
The best schools in and around Jonesport
Schools across Jonesport average an A+, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harrington Elementary SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Jonesport Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Beals Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Narraguagus High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jonesport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jonesport 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 Jonesport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jonesport
Is Jonesport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jonesport ranks 15,457th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, quiet, and short commutes, and lowest on an overheated housing market 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 Jonesport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $142,000. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $67,500 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Jonesport safe?
Yes, Jonesport is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $238 per resident a year.
Compare Jonesport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jonesport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jonesport 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.
Jonesport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jonesport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jonesport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jonesport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jonesport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jonesport 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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