Best PlacesPejepscot, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pejepscot, 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.
Pejepscot ranks 4,368th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pejepscot
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.
Pejepscot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pejepscot ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
Where Pejepscot ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,095 a month, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pejepscot
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pejepscot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $88,983; 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 Pejepscot's effective rate of 1.22%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pejepscot
Pejepscot runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pejepscot.
Who works in Pejepscot, and how
Work in Pejepscot centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Pejepscot
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pejepscot, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pejepscot, month by month
Pejepscot sees roughly 67 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 Pejepscot
The nearest airport, Portland International Jetport, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pejepscot
Schools across Pejepscot average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harriet Beecher Stowe ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Woodside Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brunswick Jr High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Mt Ararat Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top high schools
- Brunswick High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Mt Ararat High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pejepscot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pejepscot 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 Pejepscot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pejepscot
Is Pejepscot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pejepscot ranks 4,368th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pejepscot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $355,390. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $88,983 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Pejepscot safe?
Yes, Pejepscot is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $125 per resident a year.
Compare Pejepscot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pejepscot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pejepscot 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.
Pejepscot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pejepscot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pejepscot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pejepscot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pejepscot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pejepscot 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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