Best PlacesNew Limerick, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Limerick, 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.
New Limerick ranks 17,000th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Limerick
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 Limerick's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Limerick ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute17.6 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of towns
Where New Limerick ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Limerick
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Limerick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,827, 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 Limerick's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 New Limerick
New Limerick runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Limerick.
Who works in New Limerick, and how
Work in New Limerick centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in New Limerick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Limerick.
What the weather is like in New Limerick, month by month
New Limerick sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 18° | 7° |
| April | 52° | 40° | 28° |
| July | 82° | 68° | 55° |
| October | 60° | 48° | 36° |
Flying in and out of New Limerick
The nearest airport, Presque Isle International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 299 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Limerick
Schools across New Limerick average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mill Pond SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Houlton Junior High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- Hodgdon Middle/high SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Houlton High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Limerick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Limerick 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 Limerick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Limerick
Is New Limerick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Limerick ranks 17,000th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and clean air, and lowest on distance from a big city and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Limerick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,428. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $60,827 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is New Limerick safe?
Yes, New Limerick is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare New Limerick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Limerick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Limerick 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 Limerick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Limerick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Limerick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Limerick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Limerick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Limerick 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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