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Searsport is a small town of 1,218 people in Waldo County, Maine. It's about 25 miles from Bangor, ME and 181 miles from Boston, MA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 76°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 72 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $363k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,218people
$363kTypical home
$1,111/moRent
76° / 29°Summer / winter
72"Snow
208Sunny days
105Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,218
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 280 people per sq mi
- 181 mi to Boston, MA
- 25 mi to Bangor, ME
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $363k (≈$2,290/mo)
- Median rent $1,111/mo
- Median household income $83k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 76°F
- Winter highs around 29°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 208 sunny days a year (50 totally clear)
- 157 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 105 days a year with rain or snow
- 72" of snow a year
- 18 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 39 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (15 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (234 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 22% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 40% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to BGR airport
- 90 mi to PWM (major hub)
- 65 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1949
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 207 ft
- Right on the coast
- 77 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 21 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 77 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 18 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 32 museums within 25 mi
- 6 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 22% of Maine districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 26 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 8 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Waldo County: D+3 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
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.