Best PlacesNaples, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Naples, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Naples ranks 13,807th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Naples
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.
Naples' strengths and weaknesses
Where Naples ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
Where Naples ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute38.4 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,229 a month, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Naples
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Naples home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,343, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Naples' effective rate of 0.88%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Naples
Naples 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 Naples.
Who works in Naples, and how
Work in Naples centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Naples
Naples has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. The coast is about 44 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Naples and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Naples, month by month
Naples sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 23° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| July | 83° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 62° | 50° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Naples
The nearest airport, Portland International Jetport, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Naples
Schools across Naples average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stevens Brook SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Songo Locks SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lake Region Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Region High SchoolA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Naples school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Naples 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 Naples against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Naples
Is Naples a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Naples ranks 13,807th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Naples expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $345,006. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $77,343 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Naples safe?
Yes, Naples is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $268 per resident a year.
Compare Naples with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Naples. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Naples 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.
Naples detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Naples: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Naples: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Naples: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Naples: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Naples 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.