Best PlacesLimestone, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Limestone, 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.
Limestone ranks 25,475th 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 Limestone
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.
Limestone's strengths and weaknesses
Where Limestone ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- Short commute19.3 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of towns
Where Limestone ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Household income$52,276 median, better than only 15% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 18% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Limestone
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Limestone home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,276, 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 Limestone's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Limestone
Limestone 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 Limestone.
Who works in Limestone, and how
Work in Limestone centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Limestone
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Limestone.
What the weather is like in Limestone, month by month
Limestone sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 14° | 5° |
| April | 47° | 37° | 29° |
| July | 78° | 66° | 57° |
| October | 55° | 45° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Limestone
The nearest airport, Presque Isle International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 351 miles away.
The best schools in and around Limestone
Schools across Limestone average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Caribou Community SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Dawn F Barnes Elementary SchA+ · 75% proficient
- Connor Consolidated SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Van Buren District Secondary SchA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Limestone school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Limestone 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 Limestone against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Limestone
Is Limestone a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Limestone ranks 25,475th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, clean air, and good schools, and lowest on distance from a big city and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Limestone expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $100,019. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $52,276 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Limestone safe?
Limestone is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $460 per resident a year.
Compare Limestone with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Limestone. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Limestone 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.
Limestone detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Limestone: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Limestone: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Limestone: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Limestone: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Limestone 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.