DedhamME
Public schools that outperform most of Maine.
Is Dedham a good place to live?
The best of Dedham’s subject grades is an A+ for schools; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Only 6 of Maine’s 285 towns score lower on hazard risk. Lucerne Inn is on the National Register of Historic Places. Dedham has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Dedham stand out
Where Dedham beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Dedham for work
Where Dedham’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Dedham grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Dedham is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Dedham: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dedham, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Dedham.
Dedham’s public schools outperform 97% of Maine districts
Its public schools are run by the Dedham Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedham SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 167 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Fewer of Dedham’s working residents work locally than in the typical Maine or U.S. town
3.4% of Dedham working residents work locally, below both Maine’s towns (12%) and U.S. towns (8%). Since 2013, Dedham has added 80 jobs, to 240 in 2023. The median household income in Dedham is $111,000.
| Dedham | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $111,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 12% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.3% | 14% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Dedham are healthier than 67% of U.S. towns
Dedham beats the Maine average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 83% of Dedham adults had a checkup this year, against 81% in Maine’s towns and 79% across U.S. towns. 8.5% of adults worry about having enough food in Dedham.
| Dedham | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 11% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Dedham | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 10.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.1% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Dedham has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Dedham has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Dedham’s July high is 79°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The FEMA risk score in Dedham is higher than in most of Maine or the rest of the country
Among 144 Maine towns, just 3 have a higher FEMA risk score than Dedham. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Dedham since 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Dedham are worth about $350K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Dedham home is worth about $350,000, up 4.4% in a year, 15% below the Maine typical home. 96% of Dedham households own their home.
| Dedham | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 96% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,422 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Conserved land covers 6.8% of Dedham
19 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Kiski Lot Trails, at 586 acres with 2.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Dedham | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.8% | 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. Kiski Lot Trails | 2.4 mi | 586 |
| 2. Bangor Water Supply Lands | — | 196 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Acadia National Park and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dedham. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi National ParkAcadia National Park4.1M visitors a year
29 mi MountainCadillac Mountain
15 mi LandmarkFort Knox
35 mi LighthouseBass Harbor Head Light
28 mi MuseumAbbe Museum13 mi MuseumUniversity of Maine Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Acadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cadillac Mountain: The original uploader was NightThree at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Bass Harbor Head Light: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Abbe Museum: AbbeMuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Dedham
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Dedham
About 3 of every 100 Dedham residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
About Dedham
Town in Maine, United States
Dedham is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,648 at the 2020 census. The town includes the site of a Cold War airplane crash on Bald Mountain.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 44 sq mi
- Elevation
- 344 ft
- Area code
- 207
Dedham’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Dedham.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedham | — | — | C | — | A+ | B+ |
| Ellsworth | #75 | C+ | C | C | B | A− |
| Otis | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Orland | — | — | B− | — | B− | A− |
| Bucksport | #70 | B− | B | A− | B− | B− |
| Holden | #37 | B+ | C | A | A− | B+ |
| Eddington | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B |
Dedham, Orland and Eddington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Dedham, Orland and Eddington report no FBI crime data of their own. Otis isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Dedham with a neighbor →
Questions about Dedham
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dedham, ME a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Maine.
Is Dedham, ME expensive?
That is 4.8 years of the area's median household income ($72,744 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 C.