Best PlacesTatnic, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tatnic, 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.
Tatnic ranks 2,868th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tatnic
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.
Tatnic's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tatnic ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
Where Tatnic ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,184 a month, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tatnic
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tatnic home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $98,316, 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 Tatnic's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Tatnic
Tatnic'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 Tatnic.
Who works in Tatnic, and how
Work in Tatnic centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Tatnic
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Tatnic, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tatnic, month by month
Tatnic sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 25° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 64° | 51° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Tatnic
The nearest airport, Portsmouth International at Pease, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 69 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tatnic
Schools across Tatnic average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Berwick Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Margaret Chase SmithA+ · 83% proficient
- Lebanon Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Noble Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Sanford Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top high schools
- Sanford High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Noble High SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tatnic school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tatnic 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 Tatnic against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tatnic
Is Tatnic a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tatnic ranks 2,868th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and cheap car insurance, 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 Tatnic expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $444,454. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $98,316 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Tatnic safe?
Yes, Tatnic is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $101 per resident a year.
Compare Tatnic with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tatnic. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tatnic 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.
Tatnic detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tatnic: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tatnic: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tatnic: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tatnic: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tatnic 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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