Best PlacesNewfield, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newfield, 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.
Newfield ranks 16,009th 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 Newfield
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.
Newfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Newfield ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Newfield ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute42.8 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Newfield
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $57,141, 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 Newfield's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Newfield
Newfield 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 Newfield.
Who works in Newfield, and how
Work in Newfield centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Newfield
The coast is about 43 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Newfield, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Newfield, month by month
Newfield sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 25° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 64° | 51° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Newfield
The nearest airport, Portland International Jetport, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Newfield
Schools across Newfield average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Line ElementaryA+ · 83% proficient
- Sacopee Valley Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Massabesic Middle SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Sacopee Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Top high schools
- Massabesic High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Sacopee Valley High SchA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newfield 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 Newfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Newfield
Is Newfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newfield ranks 16,009th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and low crime, 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 Newfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $304,711. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $57,141 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Newfield safe?
Yes, Newfield is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $142 per resident a year.
Compare Newfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newfield 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.
Newfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newfield 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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