Best PlacesRoque Bluffs, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roque Bluffs, 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.
Roque Bluffs ranks 16,416th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Roque Bluffs
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.
Roque Bluffs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Roque Bluffs ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
Where Roque Bluffs ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roque Bluffs
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roque Bluffs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,019, 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 Roque Bluffs' effective rate of 0.95%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Roque Bluffs
Roque Bluffs's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Roque Bluffs.
Who works in Roque Bluffs, and how
Work in Roque Bluffs centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Roque Bluffs
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Roque Bluffs, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Roque Bluffs, month by month
Roque Bluffs sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 32° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Roque Bluffs
The nearest airport, Hancock County/Bar Harbor, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 236 miles away.
The best schools in and around Roque Bluffs
Schools across Roque Bluffs average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jonesboro Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Jonesport Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Fort O'brien SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Machias Memorial High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roque Bluffs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roque Bluffs 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 Roque Bluffs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roque Bluffs
Is Roque Bluffs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roque Bluffs ranks 16,416th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, quiet, and good schools, and lowest on an overheated housing market and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roque Bluffs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,853. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $71,019 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Roque Bluffs safe?
Roque Bluffs is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $286 per resident a year.
Compare Roque Bluffs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roque Bluffs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roque Bluffs 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.
Roque Bluffs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roque Bluffs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roque Bluffs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roque Bluffs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roque Bluffs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roque Bluffs 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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