Best PlacesShermans Corner, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shermans Corner, 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.
Shermans Corner ranks 16,080th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Shermans Corner
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.
Shermans Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shermans Corner ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
Where Shermans Corner ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shermans Corner
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shermans Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,053, 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 Shermans Corner's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 Shermans Corner
Shermans Corner's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Shermans Corner.
Who works in Shermans Corner, and how
Work in Shermans Corner centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Shermans Corner
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Shermans Corner, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Shermans Corner, month by month
Shermans Corner sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 23° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 62° | 50° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Shermans Corner
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 163 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shermans Corner
Schools across Shermans Corner average an A−, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Windsor Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Walker Memorial SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mt View Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Mt View High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shermans Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shermans Corner 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 Shermans Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shermans Corner
Is Shermans Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shermans Corner ranks 16,080th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low crime, and tree cover, and lowest on internet speeds and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shermans Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,798. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $73,053 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Shermans Corner safe?
Yes, Shermans Corner is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $132 per resident a year.
Compare Shermans Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shermans Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shermans Corner 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.
Shermans Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shermans Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shermans Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shermans Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shermans Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shermans Corner 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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