Best PlacesLawry, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lawry, 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.
Lawry ranks 4,421st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lawry
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.
Lawry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lawry ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
Where Lawry ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lawry
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lawry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,625, 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 Lawry's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lawry
Lawry 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 Lawry.
Who works in Lawry, and how
Work in Lawry centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lawry
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lawry, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lawry, month by month
Lawry sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 26° | 16° |
| April | 53° | 43° | 33° |
| July | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Lawry
The nearest airport, Knox County Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 142 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lawry
Schools across Lawry average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Friendship Village SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Great Salt Bay Community SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Top middle schools
- Medomak Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Top high schools
- Medomak Valley High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lawry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lawry 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 Lawry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lawry
Is Lawry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lawry ranks 4,421st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and low crime, and lowest on state infrastructure and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lawry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $275,000. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $75,625 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Lawry safe?
Yes, Lawry is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $135 per resident a year.
Compare Lawry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lawry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lawry 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.
Lawry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lawry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lawry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lawry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lawry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lawry 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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