Best PlacesSt. George, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. George, 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.
St. George ranks 11,907th 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 St. George
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.
St. George's strengths and weaknesses
Where St. George ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
Where St. George ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
Who lives in St. George
St. George 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 St. George.
Who works in St. George, and how
Work in St. George centers on other services and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in St. George
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across St. George, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in St. George, month by month
St. George 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 St. George
The nearest airport, Knox County Regional, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around St. George
Schools across St. George average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- St George SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- Medomak Valley High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Oceanside High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. George school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. George 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 St. George against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in St. George
Is St. George a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. George ranks 11,907th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and health care access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is St. George safe?
Yes, St. George is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in St. George?
July highs average about 78 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 16. That works out to about 80 pleasant days a year, more than 47% of towns.
Compare St. George with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. George. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. George 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.
St. George detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. George: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. George: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. George: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. George: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. George 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.
- 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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