Best PlacesProspect Ferry, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prospect Ferry, 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.
Prospect Ferry ranks 8,392nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Prospect Ferry
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.
Prospect Ferry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prospect Ferry ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
Where Prospect Ferry ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prospect Ferry
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prospect Ferry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,220, 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 Prospect Ferry's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Prospect Ferry
Prospect Ferry 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 Prospect Ferry.
Who works in Prospect Ferry, and how
Work in Prospect Ferry 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 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Prospect Ferry
The coast is about 13 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Prospect Ferry, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Prospect Ferry, month by month
Prospect Ferry sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Prospect Ferry
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 187 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prospect Ferry
Schools across Prospect Ferry average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Miles Lane SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Searsport ElementaryA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bucksport Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Searsport District Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Searsport District High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Bucksport High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prospect Ferry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prospect Ferry 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 Prospect Ferry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prospect Ferry
Is Prospect Ferry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prospect Ferry ranks 8,392nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on a weak job market and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prospect Ferry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,712. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $81,220 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Prospect Ferry safe?
Yes, Prospect Ferry is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $122 per resident a year.
Compare Prospect Ferry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prospect Ferry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prospect Ferry 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.
Prospect Ferry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prospect Ferry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prospect Ferry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prospect Ferry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prospect Ferry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prospect Ferry 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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