Best PlacesMorrill, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morrill, 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.
Morrill ranks 8,969th 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 Morrill
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.
Morrill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morrill ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Morrill ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,023 a month, better than only 23% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morrill
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morrill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,011, 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 Morrill'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 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 Morrill
Morrill 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 Morrill.
Who works in Morrill, and how
Work in Morrill centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Morrill
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Morrill, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Morrill, month by month
Morrill sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 26° | 16° |
| April | 53° | 43° | 33° |
| July | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Morrill
The nearest airport, Knox County Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 169 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morrill
Schools across Morrill average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lincolnville Central SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Ames Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Captain Albert W. Stevens SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Troy A Howard Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Mt View Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Mt View High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Belfast Area High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morrill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morrill 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 Morrill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morrill
Is Morrill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morrill ranks 8,969th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and low crime, and lowest on an overheated housing market and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morrill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,625. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $67,011 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Morrill safe?
Yes, Morrill is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $150 per resident a year.
Compare Morrill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morrill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morrill 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.
Morrill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morrill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morrill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morrill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morrill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morrill 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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