Best PlacesPulpit Harbor, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pulpit Harbor, 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.
Pulpit Harbor ranks 7,243rd 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 Pulpit Harbor
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.
Pulpit Harbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pulpit Harbor ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute8.7 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
Where Pulpit Harbor ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pulpit Harbor
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pulpit Harbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,500, 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 Pulpit Harbor's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Pulpit Harbor
Pulpit Harbor 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 Pulpit Harbor.
Who works in Pulpit Harbor, and how
Work in Pulpit Harbor centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Pulpit Harbor
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pulpit Harbor, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pulpit Harbor, month by month
Pulpit Harbor sees roughly 80 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 Pulpit Harbor
The nearest airport, Knox County Regional, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 166 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pulpit Harbor
Schools across Pulpit Harbor average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Camden-rockport Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Deer Isle-stonington Elementary SchA · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Camden Hills Regional H SA+ · 98% proficient
- Deer Isle-stonington High SchA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pulpit Harbor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pulpit Harbor 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 Pulpit Harbor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pulpit Harbor
Is Pulpit Harbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pulpit Harbor ranks 7,243rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, civic engagement, and short commutes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pulpit Harbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $440,200. The overall cost of living runs about 67% above the national average. Set against a $87,500 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Pulpit Harbor safe?
Yes, Pulpit Harbor is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
Compare Pulpit Harbor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pulpit Harbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pulpit Harbor 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.
Pulpit Harbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pulpit Harbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pulpit Harbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pulpit Harbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pulpit Harbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pulpit Harbor 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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