Best PlacesLitchfield, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Litchfield, 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.
Litchfield ranks 11,350th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Litchfield
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.
Litchfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Litchfield ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
Where Litchfield ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,035 a month, better than only 23% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Litchfield
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Litchfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,158, 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 Litchfield's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Litchfield
Litchfield 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 Litchfield.
Who works in Litchfield, and how
Work in Litchfield centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Litchfield
The coast is about 43 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Litchfield, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Litchfield, month by month
Litchfield sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Litchfield
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Litchfield
Schools across Litchfield average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monmouth Memorial SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Bowdoin Central SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Helen Thompson SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gardiner Regional Middle SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Mt Ararat Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Oak Hill Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Gardiner Area High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Oak Hill High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Mt Ararat High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Litchfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Litchfield 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 Litchfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Litchfield
Is Litchfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Litchfield ranks 11,350th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, cheap car insurance, and good schools, 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 Litchfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $259,534. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $88,158 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Litchfield safe?
Yes, Litchfield is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $125 per resident a year.
Compare Litchfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Litchfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Litchfield 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.
Litchfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Litchfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Litchfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Litchfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Litchfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Litchfield 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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