Brunswick, ME: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Brunswick is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. The population was 21,756 at the 2020 United States Census. Part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area, Brunswick is home to Bowdoin College, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum, and the Maine State Music Theatre. It was formerly home to the U.S. Naval Air Station Brunswick, which closed in 2011 and has since been partially released to redevelopment as "Brunswick Landing".

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How Brunswick ranks

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#11Most educated in ME #28Most remote workers in ME #30Best schools in ME All ME rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code04011

Area code725

Living in Brunswick

Housing in Brunswick

$497K▲ 2% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Brunswick home is worth about $497,000, up 2% in a year, 20% above the Maine typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market41

Sale-to-list100.9%

Sold in May16

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Safety in Brunswick

B⁺

Safety Grade B+

Brunswick reports less crime per resident than 65% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Maine has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Brunswick sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000

Brunswick 0.5

Maine 1

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Brunswick 6.3

Maine 9.6

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Brunswick

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B

School Grade B

The public schools Brunswick’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 59% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#30Best public schoolsof 133 in ME

DistrictBrunswick Public SchoolsSchools7

Kate Furbish Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 616 students Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary CElementary · Grades 3–5 · 531 students St. John's Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 146 students Brunswick Jr High School B+Middle · Grades 6–8 · 544 students Brunswick High School AHigh · Grades 9–12 · 722 students Maine Region Ten Technical High Sch

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within ME. Ratings are from neighbors.