Best PlacesKingfield, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kingfield, 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.
Kingfield ranks 7,501st 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 Kingfield
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.
Kingfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kingfield ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
Where Kingfield ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kingfield
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kingfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $63,743; 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 Kingfield's effective rate of 0.73%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Kingfield
Kingfield 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 Kingfield.
Who works in Kingfield, and how
Work in Kingfield centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Kingfield
Kingfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Kingfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kingfield, month by month
Kingfield sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 75 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 17° | 10° |
| April | 46° | 38° | 30° |
| July | 75° | 66° | 58° |
| October | 54° | 46° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Kingfield
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 187 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kingfield
Schools across Kingfield average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stratton Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Moscow ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Mt Abram Regional High 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 Kingfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kingfield 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 Kingfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kingfield
Is Kingfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kingfield ranks 7,501st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, an educated workforce, and civic engagement, 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 Kingfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $255,883. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $63,743 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Kingfield safe?
Yes, Kingfield is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $191 per resident a year.
Compare Kingfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kingfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kingfield 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.
Kingfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kingfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kingfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kingfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kingfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kingfield 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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