Best PlacesNew Gloucester, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Gloucester, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
New Gloucester ranks 1,960th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Gloucester
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.
New Gloucester's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Gloucester ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where New Gloucester ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,228 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Gloucester
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Gloucester home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $111,354, 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 New Gloucester's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 New Gloucester
New Gloucester's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Gloucester.
Who works in New Gloucester, and how
Work in New Gloucester centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in New Gloucester
The coast is about 32 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across New Gloucester, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Gloucester, month by month
New Gloucester sees roughly 66 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 New Gloucester
The nearest airport, Portland International Jetport, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Gloucester
Schools across New Gloucester average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Durham Community SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Pownal Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Burchard A Dunn SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gray-new Gloucester Middle SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Bruce M Whittier Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top high schools
- Gray-new Gloucester High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Poland Regional H SA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Gloucester school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Gloucester 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 New Gloucester against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Gloucester
Is New Gloucester a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Gloucester ranks 1,960th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on state infrastructure and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Gloucester expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $357,113. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $111,354 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is New Gloucester safe?
Yes, New Gloucester is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $164 per resident a year.
Compare New Gloucester with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Gloucester. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Gloucester 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.
New Gloucester detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Gloucester: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Gloucester: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Gloucester: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Gloucester: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Gloucester 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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