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Old Orchard Beach is a big small town of 9,244 people in York County, Maine. It's about 11 miles from Portland, ME and 89 miles from Boston, MA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 65 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $367k and rent runs about $1k a month.
9,244people
$367kTypical home
$1,246/moRent
79° / 32°Summer / winter
65"Snow
230Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 9,244
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,243 people per sq mi
- 89 mi to Boston, MA
- 11 mi to Portland, ME
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $367k (≈$2,312/mo)
- Median rent $1,246/mo
- Median household income $60k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 230 sunny days a year (65 totally clear)
- 135 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- 65" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 31 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (145 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (846 per 100k)
People
- Median age 58
- 9% of households have kids
- 33% are 65 or older
- 43% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 8 mi to PWM airport
- 8 mi to PWM (major hub)
- 2 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 58% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 13 ft
- Right on the coast
- 19 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 42 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 32 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 493 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 66 bars within 25 mi
- 179 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 5 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 38 museums within 25 mi
- 38 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 23% of Maine districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- York County: D+10 in 2024
- Maine: D+7 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk