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Fryeburg is a small town of 1,484 people in Oxford County, Maine. It's about 40 miles from Lewiston, ME and 116 miles from Boston, MA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 30°F, with about 83 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $265k and rent runs about $837 a month.
1,484people
$265kTypical home
$837/moRent
82° / 30°Summer / winter
83"Snow
212Sunny days
144Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,484
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 496 people per sq mi
- 116 mi to Boston, MA
- 40 mi to Lewiston, ME
- 36 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $265k (≈$1,669/mo)
- Median rent $837/mo
- Median household income $57k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 30°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 212 sunny days a year (54 totally clear)
- 153 cloudy days a year
- 43 of 90 winter days are gray
- 144 days a year with rain or snow
- 83" of snow a year
- 21 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 51 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (57 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (802 per 100k)
People
- Median age 52
- 27% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 42 mi to PWM airport
- 42 mi to PWM (major hub)
- 42 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1970
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 430 ft
- 43 mi to the ocean
- 19 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 7 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 102 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of Maine districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 40 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 18 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 28 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Oxford County: R+13 in 2024
- Maine: D+7 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk