Best PlacesSilver Ridge, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Silver Ridge, 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.
Silver Ridge ranks 37,784th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Silver Ridge
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.
Silver Ridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Silver Ridge ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of towns
Where Silver Ridge ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Household income$47,633 median, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silver Ridge
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silver Ridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,633, 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 Silver Ridge's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Silver Ridge
Silver Ridge runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Silver Ridge.
Who works in Silver Ridge, and how
Work in Silver Ridge centers on agriculture & forestry and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Silver Ridge
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Silver Ridge.
What the weather is like in Silver Ridge, month by month
Silver Ridge sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 19° | 10° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| July | 83° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Silver Ridge
The nearest airport, Presque Isle International, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 274 miles away.
The best schools in and around Silver Ridge
Schools across Silver Ridge average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Katahdin Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Medway Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Hodgdon Middle/high SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Katahdin Middle/high SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Silver Ridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Silver Ridge 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 Silver Ridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Silver Ridge
Is Silver Ridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silver Ridge ranks 37,784th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and clean air, and lowest on cell coverage 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 Silver Ridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $110,831. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $47,633 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Silver Ridge safe?
Yes, Silver Ridge is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $282 per resident a year.
Compare Silver Ridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silver Ridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Silver Ridge 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.
Silver Ridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silver Ridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silver Ridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silver Ridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silver Ridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Silver Ridge 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.