Best PlacesLille, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lille, 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.
Lille ranks 25,848th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lille
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.
Lille's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lille ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute16.6 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of towns
Where Lille ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Household income$46,420 median, better than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lille
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lille home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,420, 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 Lille's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 Lille
Lille 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 Lille.
Who works in Lille, and how
Work in Lille centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lille
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lille.
What the weather is like in Lille, month by month
Lille sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 6. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 14° | 6° |
| April | 49° | 37° | 28° |
| July | 80° | 67° | 56° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Lille
The nearest airport, Presque Isle International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 366 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lille
Schools across Lille average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dr Levesque Elementary SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Madawaska Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Madawaska Middle/high SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Wisdom Middle High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Van Buren District Secondary SchA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lille school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lille 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 Lille against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lille
Is Lille a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lille ranks 25,848th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and clean air, and lowest on distance from a big city and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lille expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,521. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $46,420 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Lille safe?
Lille is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $336 per resident a year.
Compare Lille with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lille. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lille 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.
Lille detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lille: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lille: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lille: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lille: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lille 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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