Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Buckfield’s best subject grade is an A for history; its weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 13 of Maine’s 285 towns do worse. Buckfield's public schools trail 91% of Maine towns on state tests and graduation. Among 134 Maine towns, just 3 have a lower median rent than Buckfield. Its National Register listings include Union Church and Enoch Hall House. Buckfield has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Buckfield beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Census counts: 1,002 in 1800, a low of 899 in 1950, 1,983 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1794 and 3 maps from 1911 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Buckfield is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Buckfield, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Buckfield.
Its public schools are run by RSU 10. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckfield Jr-Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 228 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Buckfield for work: only 5% work in town. At 31 minutes, Buckfield’s average trip to work is above both the Maine town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Buckfield grew to 205 in 2023, 57 more than in 2013.
| Buckfield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.8% | 12% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Buckfield home is worth about $293,000, up 7.2% in a year, 29% below the Maine typical home. 95% of households own their home in Buckfield, above both Maine’s towns (81%) and U.S. towns (73%).
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
14% of Buckfield residents are 65 or older. Buckfield has grown 7% since 2020, to 2,114 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. The median age in Buckfield is 37.7 years.
| Buckfield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 22% | 18% |
| Median age | 37.7 years | 44.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 32% | 29% |
Somewhere between 36% and 72% women
The Census survey reached too few of Buckfield’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±18.1 points. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Buckfield | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.3% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.2% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.9% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.7% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.6% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.7% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.5% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.9% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 13% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.1% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.8% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.7% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
Buckfield has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Buckfield’s July high is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
15 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Virgil Parris Forest, 1,107 acres with 7.6 miles of trail.
| Buckfield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.5% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Virgil Parris Forest | 7.6 mi | 1,107 |
| 2. Jersey Bog Conservation Area | 0.5 mi | 292 |
| 3. Everett Towle Forest | — | 177 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Buckfield tracks Maine closely on all 32 CDC measures. 17% of adults smoke cigarettes in Buckfield.
| Buckfield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 27% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 16% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Buckfield since 1987.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Buckfield
About 2 of every 100 Buckfield residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Where Buckfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 places in Buckfield on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 notable people were born in Buckfield.
Town in Maine, United States
Buckfield is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Buckfield is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. It is a member of Regional School Unit 10 along with nearby Hartford and Sumner. The town had a population of 1,983 as of the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Buckfield.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckfield | — | — | B | — | D | B− |
| Sumner | — | — | A− | — | D | C+ |
| Hartford | — | — | B | — | D | B− |
| Hebron | — | — | B− | — | D | B− |
| Paris | #122 | D | C− | B | D | C |
| Turner | #42 | B+ | B+ | — | B− | B |
Buckfield, Sumner, Hartford and Hebron have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Buckfield, Sumner, Hartford, Hebron and Turner report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Buckfield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.9 years of the area's median household income ($60,173 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
9 notable people were born here, including Albion Woodbury Small and John Davis Long.
