Millinocket is #1 in Maine for affordability
Millinocket is ranked on 37 lists against the 144 Maine towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 4 and the top quarter on 6.
Millinocket is on Maine’s podium 3 times
Each list ranks every ME town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Millinocket marked.
More seniors than 96% of Maine
Not better or worse, just Millinocket’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Millinocket lands in the top half on 7 of 24 lists
Each dot is Millinocket’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in ME, the right end is last. Areas where Millinocket does best come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for low property taxes
Lists where Millinocket sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every ME list, and where Millinocket lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Millinocket · 1.4 yrs
#1
Cheapest rent#1 Waldoboro · $348/mo
#3
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Lowest property tax#1 Corinth · $1,381/yr
#4
Rent easiest to afford#1 Biddeford · 37.2%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Milford · 54%
#140
Most trails#1 Falmouth · 2.9 mi / sq mi
#3
Most walkable#1 South Portland · 70.0 / sq mi
#33 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Camden · 37.4 per resident
#15
Most library borrowing#1 Camden · 20.5 per resident
#51
Best libraries for kids#1 Camden · 39.3 per child
#57 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Houlton · 10.4 min
#61 Health
Healthiest#1 Cape Elizabeth · 98 / 100
#143
Lowest obesity#1 Falmouth · 24%
#143
Fewest smokers#1 Cape Elizabeth · 7%
#135
Most active#1 Cape Elizabeth · 14%
#143
Fewest uninsured#1 Cape Elizabeth · 4%
#102
Lowest depression#1 Cape Elizabeth · 23%
#82
Closest to a top hospital#1 Augusta · 1.3 mi
#138 People
Most educated#1 Cape Elizabeth · 74.1%
#132
Youngest#1 Orono · 21.8
#132
Oldest#1 Harpswell · 62.0
#13
Most residents 65+#1 Bristol · 42.8%
#7
Most kids#1 Jefferson · 28%
#103 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Acton · 51.2%
#55
Most new homes#1 Bethel · 19.2 per 1,000
#137
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Fastest-rising home prices#1 Lincoln · +112.0%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Sanford · 39.7 per home
Climate
Snowiest#1 Caribou · 118 in
#15
Least snow#1 Berwick · 39 in
#125
Mildest winters#1 Kittery · 16.2°
#136
Hottest summers#1 South Berwick · 81.7°
#91
Coolest summers#1 St. George · 74.0°
#51
Longest growing season#1 St. George · 178 days
#116
Wettest#1 Rumford · 52 in
#136 Safety
R Safest#1 Richmond · 1.3The number on the right is Millinocket’s spot. All of Maine’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every ME list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.