Best PlacesPemaquid, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pemaquid, 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.
Pemaquid ranks 5,412th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pemaquid
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.
Pemaquid's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pemaquid ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute14.9 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
Where Pemaquid ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pemaquid
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pemaquid home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $106,759; 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 Pemaquid's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Pemaquid
Pemaquid 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 Pemaquid.
Who works in Pemaquid, and how
Work in Pemaquid centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Pemaquid
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pemaquid, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pemaquid, month by month
Pemaquid sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 26° | 15° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Pemaquid
The nearest airport, Knox County Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pemaquid
Schools across Pemaquid average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bristol Consolidated SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Top high schools
- Boothbay Region High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pemaquid school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pemaquid 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 Pemaquid against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pemaquid
Is Pemaquid a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pemaquid ranks 5,412th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on a weak job market 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 Pemaquid expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $432,351. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $106,759 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Pemaquid safe?
Pemaquid is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $390 per resident a year.
Compare Pemaquid with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pemaquid. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pemaquid 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.
Pemaquid detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pemaquid: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pemaquid: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pemaquid: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pemaquid: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pemaquid 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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