Best places to live in Maine
1 Maine metro scored on the default family weighting — schools and safety heaviest, then affordability, climate, college pipeline and jobs. Change the weights on the ranking engine to see your own order.
Who lives in Maine
Population-weighted racial and ethnic composition across the 1 tracked Maine metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.7%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 2.5%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 2.3%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 1.7%
- Other or two or more
- 5.8%
Diversity index 28/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
| # | Metro | Score | US rank | Typical home | Schools | Safety | Climate | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland | 51.2 | #50 of 103 | $547k | 97 | 99 | 13° / 79° | 28 |
Figures are compiled estimates. Methodology and sources.