Best PlacesStratton, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stratton, 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.
Stratton ranks 24,422nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Stratton
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.
Stratton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stratton ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute15.3 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
Where Stratton ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$35,854 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stratton
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stratton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $35,854, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Stratton's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Stratton
Stratton 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 Stratton.
Who works in Stratton, and how
Work in Stratton centers on hospitality & food and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Stratton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stratton.
What the weather is like in Stratton, month by month
Stratton sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 75 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 17° | 10° |
| April | 46° | 38° | 30° |
| July | 75° | 66° | 58° |
| October | 54° | 46° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Stratton
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 66 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 194 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stratton
Schools across Stratton average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stratton Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Top high schools
- Mt Abram Regional High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Upper Kennebec Valley Middle/senior High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Pittsburg School (high)D+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stratton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stratton 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 Stratton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stratton
Is Stratton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stratton ranks 24,422nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and fast internet, and lowest on health outcomes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stratton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $266,176. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $35,854 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Stratton safe?
Stratton is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Stratton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stratton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stratton 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.
Stratton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stratton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stratton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stratton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stratton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stratton 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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