Best PlacesLynchville, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lynchville, 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.
Lynchville ranks 13,987th 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 Lynchville
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.
Lynchville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lynchville ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
Where Lynchville ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lynchville
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lynchville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $69,858; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Lynchville's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lynchville
Lynchville 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 Lynchville.
Who works in Lynchville, and how
Work in Lynchville centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lynchville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lynchville.
What the weather is like in Lynchville, month by month
Lynchville sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 22° | 10° |
| April | 58° | 44° | 30° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 57° |
| October | 64° | 49° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Lynchville
The nearest airport, Portland International Jetport, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lynchville
Schools across Lynchville average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Suncook SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Telstar Middle SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- Telstar High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lynchville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lynchville 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 Lynchville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lynchville
Is Lynchville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lynchville ranks 13,987th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and low crime, and lowest on cell coverage and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lynchville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $293,078. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $69,858 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Lynchville safe?
Yes, Lynchville is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $158 per resident a year.
Compare Lynchville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lynchville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lynchville 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.
Lynchville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lynchville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lynchville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lynchville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lynchville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lynchville 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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