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Van Buren is a small town of 1,634 people in Aroostook County, Maine. It's about 166 miles from Bangor, ME and 366 miles from Boston, MA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 76°F and winter highs 19°F, with about 97 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $98k and rent runs about $733 a month.
1,634people
$98kTypical home
$733/moRent
76° / 19°Summer / winter
97"Snow
198Sunny days
144Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,634
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 378 people per sq mi
- 366 mi to Boston, MA
- 166 mi to Bangor, ME
- 162 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $98k (≈$617/mo)
- Median rent $733/mo
- Median household income $39k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 76°F
- Winter highs around 19°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 57°F)
- 198 sunny days a year (49 totally clear)
- 167 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 144 days a year with rain or snow
- 97" of snow a year
- 27 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 86 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (69 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (616 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 56
- 18% of households have kids
- 33% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to PQI airport
- 269 mi to PWM (major hub)
- 245 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 55% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1956
- 76% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 541 ft
- 77 mi to the ocean
- 97 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 45 mi to the nearest ski area
- 14 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 9 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 110 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of Maine districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 18 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 166 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 31 mi to the nearest vet
- 22 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 31 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Aroostook County: R+26 in 2024
- Maine: D+7 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk