Hampden
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Outdoors in Hampden
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About Hampden
Town in Maine, United StatesHampden is a town on the Penobscot River estuary in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,709 at the 2020 census. It contains a census-designated place of the same name. Hampden is part of the Bangor metropolitan statistical area.
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How Hampden ranks
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Housing in Hampden
The typical Hampden home is worth about $357,000, up 3.1% in a year, 14% below the Maine typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Hampden
Safety Grade A
Hampden reports less crime per resident than 93% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Hampden
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The public schools Hampden’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 88% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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.
Where Hampden is
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