Best PlacesStandish, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Standish, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Standish ranks 2,413th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Standish
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.
Standish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Standish ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Standish ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,229 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Standish
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Standish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,893, 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 Standish's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Standish
Standish'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 Standish.
Who works in Standish, and how
Work in Standish centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Standish
The coast is about 31 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Standish, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Standish, month by month
Standish sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 17° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Standish
The nearest airport, Portland International Jetport, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Standish
Schools across Standish average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Edna Libby Elementary SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Steep Falls Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- George E Jack SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bonny Eagle Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Windham Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Bonny Eagle High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Windham High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Standish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Standish 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 Standish against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Standish
Is Standish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Standish ranks 2,413th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and low crime, and lowest on state infrastructure and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Standish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $350,343. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $105,893 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Standish safe?
Yes, Standish is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $158 per resident a year.
Compare Standish with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Standish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Standish 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.
Standish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Standish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Standish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Standish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Standish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Standish 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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