Best PlacesLagrange, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lagrange, 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.
Lagrange ranks 26,458th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lagrange
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.
Lagrange's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lagrange ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
Where Lagrange ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lagrange
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lagrange home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,801, 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 Lagrange's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lagrange
Lagrange 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 Lagrange.
Who works in Lagrange, and how
Work in Lagrange centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lagrange
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lagrange.
What the weather is like in Lagrange, month by month
Lagrange sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 21° | 12° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 32° |
| July | 80° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Lagrange
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 223 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lagrange
Schools across Lagrange average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Enfield Station Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Alton Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Helen S Dunn Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hichborn Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Central Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Central High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Penobscot Valley High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Penquis Valley Middle/high SchoolA− · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lagrange school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lagrange 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 Lagrange against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lagrange
Is Lagrange a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lagrange ranks 26,458th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low crime, and good schools, and lowest on cell coverage and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lagrange expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $136,466. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $58,801 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Lagrange safe?
Yes, Lagrange is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $137 per resident a year.
Compare Lagrange with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lagrange. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lagrange 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.
Lagrange detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lagrange: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lagrange: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lagrange: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lagrange: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lagrange 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.