Best PlacesStockton Springs, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stockton Springs, 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.
Stockton Springs ranks 11,183rd 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 Stockton Springs
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.
Stockton Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Stockton Springs ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 87% of towns
Where Stockton Springs ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 21% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stockton Springs
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stockton Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,897, 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 Stockton Springs' 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stockton Springs
Stockton Springs 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 Stockton Springs.
Who works in Stockton Springs, and how
Work in Stockton Springs centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Stockton Springs
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Stockton Springs, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stockton Springs, month by month
Stockton Springs sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Stockton Springs
The nearest airport, Bangor International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 184 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stockton Springs
Schools across Stockton Springs average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Miles Lane SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Searsport ElementaryA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Samuel L Wagner Middle SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Bucksport Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Searsport District Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Searsport District High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Bucksport High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stockton Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stockton Springs 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 Stockton Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stockton Springs
Is Stockton Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stockton Springs ranks 11,183rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, good schools, and low crime, and lowest on state infrastructure and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stockton Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $243,970. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $75,897 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Stockton Springs safe?
Yes, Stockton Springs is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $132 per resident a year.
Compare Stockton Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stockton Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stockton Springs 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.
Stockton Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stockton Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stockton Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stockton Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stockton Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stockton Springs 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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