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Outdoors in Sumner
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East Sumner ME - June 16 1914, 1914
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About Sumner
Town in Maine, United StatesSumner is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Sumner is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. The population was 994 at the 2020 census. The town includes the villages of West Sumner and East Sumner.
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Housing in Sumner
The typical Sumner home is worth about $252,000, up 9.5% in a year, 39% below the Maine typical home.
Work & commute in Sumner
Full picture →Most working residents leave Sumner for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (12%), Rumford (8%) and Auburn (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.
Health in Sumner
Compared with Maine
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 27 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Sumner
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 49% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Sumner
Full climate →Sumner has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 79°, a January night drops to 8°, and about 76 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Sumner
All Sumner schools →School Grade D
The public schools Sumner’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 86% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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.
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