Best PlacesOrffs Corner, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orffs Corner, 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.
Orffs Corner ranks 7,587th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Orffs Corner
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.
Orffs Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Orffs Corner ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
Where Orffs Corner ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Orffs Corner
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orffs Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $80,624; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Orffs Corner's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 Orffs Corner
Orffs Corner's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Orffs Corner.
Who works in Orffs Corner, and how
Work in Orffs Corner centers on health care & social and construction. 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 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Orffs Corner
The coast is about 27 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Orffs Corner, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Orffs Corner, month by month
Orffs Corner 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 Orffs Corner
The nearest airport, Knox County Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 147 miles away.
The best schools in and around Orffs Corner
Schools across Orffs Corner average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nobleboro Central SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Jefferson Village SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Miller SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Medomak Middle SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Top high schools
- Medomak Valley High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orffs Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orffs Corner 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 Orffs Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Orffs Corner
Is Orffs Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orffs Corner ranks 7,587th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on cell coverage and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Orffs Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,824. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $80,624 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Orffs Corner safe?
Yes, Orffs Corner is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Orffs Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orffs Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orffs Corner 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.
Orffs Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orffs Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orffs Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orffs Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orffs Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orffs Corner 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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