Best PlacesMillinocket, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Millinocket, 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.
Millinocket ranks 24,215th 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 Millinocket
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.
Millinocket's strengths and weaknesses
Where Millinocket ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
Where Millinocket ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Millinocket
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Millinocket home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,136, 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 Millinocket's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Millinocket
Millinocket 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 Millinocket.
Who works in Millinocket, and how
Work in Millinocket centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Millinocket
Millinocket has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Millinocket and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Millinocket, month by month
Millinocket sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 19° | 10° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| July | 83° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Millinocket
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 255 miles away.
The best schools in and around Millinocket
Schools across Millinocket average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Opal Myrick Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Ella P Burr SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Granite Street SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mattanawcook Jr High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Medway Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Schenck High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Stearns Jr-sr High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Mattanawcook AcademyA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Millinocket school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Millinocket 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 Millinocket against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Millinocket
Is Millinocket a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Millinocket ranks 24,215th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and biking, 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 Millinocket expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $121,706. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $57,136 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Millinocket safe?
Millinocket is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.
Compare Millinocket with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Millinocket. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Millinocket 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.
Millinocket detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Millinocket: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Millinocket: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Millinocket: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Millinocket: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Millinocket 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.