Best PlacesSabattus, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sabattus, 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.
Sabattus ranks 15,917th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sabattus
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.
Sabattus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sabattus ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of towns
Where Sabattus ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sabattus
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sabattus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,722, 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 Sabattus' 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sabattus
Sabattus 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 Sabattus.
Who works in Sabattus, and how
Work in Sabattus centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sabattus
The coast is about 39 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Sabattus, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sabattus, month by month
Sabattus 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 Sabattus
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 130 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sabattus
Schools across Sabattus average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greene Central SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Lisbon Community SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Carrie Ricker SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tripp Middle SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Philip W Sugg Middle SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Oak Hill Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Lisbon High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Leavitt Area High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Oak Hill High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sabattus school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sabattus 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 Sabattus against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sabattus
Is Sabattus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sabattus ranks 15,917th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and low crime, and lowest on state infrastructure and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sabattus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,165. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $64,722 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Sabattus safe?
Yes, Sabattus is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $166 per resident a year.
Compare Sabattus with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sabattus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sabattus 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.
Sabattus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sabattus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sabattus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sabattus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sabattus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sabattus 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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