Best PlacesWoolwich, ME Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woolwich, 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.
Woolwich ranks 2,321st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Woolwich
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.
Woolwich's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woolwich ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
Where Woolwich ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$964 a month, better than only 27% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 30% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 73 pleasant days a year, better than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woolwich
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woolwich home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,022, 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 Woolwich's effective rate of 0.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Woolwich
Woolwich 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 Woolwich.
Who works in Woolwich, and how
Work in Woolwich centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Woolwich
The coast is about 22 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Woolwich, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woolwich, month by month
Woolwich sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 26° | 15° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 32° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Woolwich
The nearest airport, Augusta State, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woolwich
Schools across Woolwich average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woolwich Central SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bath Middle SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- Morse High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Wiscasset Middle/high SchoolA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woolwich school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woolwich 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 Woolwich against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woolwich
Is Woolwich a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woolwich ranks 2,321st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cheap car insurance, and an educated workforce, and lowest on state infrastructure 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 Woolwich expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,885. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $100,022 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Woolwich safe?
Yes, Woolwich is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Woolwich with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woolwich. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woolwich 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.
Woolwich detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woolwich: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woolwich: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woolwich: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woolwich: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woolwich 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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