Best PlacesWinkumpaugh Corners, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Winkumpaugh Corners, 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.
Winkumpaugh Corners ranks 11,558th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Winkumpaugh Corners
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.
Winkumpaugh Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Winkumpaugh Corners ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Winkumpaugh Corners ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute37.0 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Winkumpaugh Corners
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Winkumpaugh Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,764, 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 Winkumpaugh Corners' effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Winkumpaugh Corners
Winkumpaugh Corners 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 Winkumpaugh Corners.
Who works in Winkumpaugh Corners, and how
Work in Winkumpaugh Corners centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Winkumpaugh Corners
The coast is about 38 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Winkumpaugh Corners, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Winkumpaugh Corners, month by month
Winkumpaugh Corners sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 32° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Winkumpaugh Corners
The nearest airport, Hancock County/Bar Harbor, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 207 miles away.
The best schools in and around Winkumpaugh Corners
Schools across Winkumpaugh Corners average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beech Hill SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Ellsworth Elementary-middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Ella Lewis SchA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Sumner Memorial High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Ellsworth High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Winkumpaugh Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Winkumpaugh Corners 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 Winkumpaugh Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Winkumpaugh Corners
Is Winkumpaugh Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Winkumpaugh Corners ranks 11,558th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and low crime, and lowest on internet speeds and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Winkumpaugh Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,803. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $71,764 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Winkumpaugh Corners safe?
Yes, Winkumpaugh Corners is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $138 per resident a year.
Compare Winkumpaugh Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Winkumpaugh Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Winkumpaugh Corners 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.
Winkumpaugh Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Winkumpaugh Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Winkumpaugh Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Winkumpaugh Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Winkumpaugh Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Winkumpaugh Corners 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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