Best PlacesWeld, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Weld, 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.
Weld ranks 12,211th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Weld
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.
Weld's strengths and weaknesses
Where Weld ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
Where Weld ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Weld
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Weld home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,773, 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 Weld's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Weld
Weld runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Weld.
Who works in Weld, and how
Work in Weld centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Weld
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Weld.
What the weather is like in Weld, month by month
Weld sees roughly 95 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 Weld
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 164 miles away.
The best schools in and around Weld
Schools across Weld average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Meroby Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- T W Kelly Dirigo Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Mountain Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Mt Blue High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Dirigo High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Mt Abram Regional High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Weld school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Weld 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 Weld against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Weld
Is Weld a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Weld ranks 12,211th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and fast internet, 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 Weld expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,400. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $64,773 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Weld safe?
Yes, Weld is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Weld with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Weld. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Weld 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.
Weld detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Weld: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Weld: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Weld: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Weld: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Weld 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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