Ranked · Best value · Maine

Best value cities in Maine

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Best value” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

1. 1.Waterville, ME17k residents

   72/100

   cost of living index: 85 · median home price: $184,600 · median household income: $53,580

2. 2.Bangor, ME32k residents

   70/100

   cost of living index: 88 · median home price: $219,600 · median household income: $59,942

3. 3.Augusta, ME19k residents

   69/100

   cost of living index: 86 · median home price: $201,000 · median household income: $47,979

4. 4.Lewiston, ME38k residents

   68/100

   cost of living index: 88 · median home price: $235,100 · median household income: $55,393

5. 5.Auburn, ME25k residents

   67/100

   cost of living index: 92 · median home price: $282,000 · median household income: $66,647

6. 6.Sanford, ME22k residents

   67/100

   cost of living index: 93 · median home price: $280,200 · median household income: $72,524

7. 7.Biddeford, ME22k residents

   57/100

   cost of living index: 100 · median home price: $396,600 · median household income: $72,333

8. 8.Saco, ME21k residents

   56/100

   cost of living index: 105 · median home price: $413,100 · median household income: $92,241

9. 9.Brunswick, ME18k residents

   55/100

   cost of living index: 101 · median home price: $363,200 · median household income: $70,722

10. 10.Westbrook, ME21k residents

    54/100

    cost of living index: 105 · median home price: $383,300 · median household income: $85,038

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.