Best PlacesMilbridge, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Milbridge, 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.
Milbridge ranks 14,104th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Milbridge
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.
Milbridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Milbridge ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
Where Milbridge ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Milbridge
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Milbridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $59,869; 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 Milbridge'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 and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Milbridge
Milbridge 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 Milbridge.
Who works in Milbridge, and how
Work in Milbridge centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Milbridge
The coast is about 29 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Milbridge, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Milbridge, month by month
Milbridge sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 32° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Milbridge
The nearest airport, Hancock County/Bar Harbor, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 218 miles away.
The best schools in and around Milbridge
Schools across Milbridge average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harrington Elementary SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Cherryfield ElementaryA+ · 88% proficient
- Peninsula SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- Sumner Memorial High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Narraguagus High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Milbridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Milbridge 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 Milbridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Milbridge
Is Milbridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Milbridge ranks 14,104th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and clean air, and lowest on an overheated housing market and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Milbridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $236,280. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $59,869 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Milbridge safe?
Yes, Milbridge is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
Compare Milbridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Milbridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Milbridge 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.
Milbridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Milbridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Milbridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Milbridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Milbridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Milbridge 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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