Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Dixfield’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for history; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 15 of Maine’s 285 towns score lower on walkability. Only 12 of Maine’s 285 towns score lower on the outdoors. Dixfield has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Dixfield beats most towns.
2,550 counted in 2010 and 2,253 in 2020; an estimated 2,396 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Dixfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 403 in 1810, 2,253 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 3 maps from 1926 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dixfield, 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 Dixfield.
The typical Dixfield home is worth about $184,000, down 1.8% in a year, 55% below the Maine typical home. Dixfield’s median rent is $658 a month, below both Maine’s towns ($1,106 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 86% of households own their home in Dixfield.
| Dixfield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $658 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 86% | 81% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by RSU 56. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| T W Kelly Dirigo Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 180 | C− |
| Dirigo High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 216 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Dixfield for work: only 9% work in town. 14% of Dixfield residents live below the poverty line, where Maine’s towns sit at 9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jobs based in Dixfield grew to 556 in 2023, 76 more than in 2013.
| Dixfield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.4% | 12% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Dixfield beats the Maine average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 16% of Dixfield adults report frequent physical distress.
| Dixfield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Dixfield | ME |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.5% | 14.8% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 13.4% | 10.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.1% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Dixfield has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Dixfield is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dixfield.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
22 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Only 5 of the 144 Maine towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Dixfield.
| Dixfield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Dixfield; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Dixfield residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Where Dixfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 notable people were born in Dixfield.
Town in Maine, United States
Dixfield is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Dixfield is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. The population was 2,253 at the 2020 census. The town motto of Dixfield is "The Only One", because it is the only town in the world to claim that name. Dr. Elijeh Dix, a substantial landowner in the area, bought the town (and Dixmont) which bears his name. Dixfield contains a census-designated place of the same name.
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5 towns share a border with Dixfield.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixfield | — | — | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Mexico | #131 | D | B | — | D | C |
| Peru | — | — | A− | — | C− | C+ |
| Carthage | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wilton | #96 | C | B+ | B+ | C+ | C |
| Canton | — | — | A− | — | C− | C+ |
Dixfield, Peru and Canton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Dixfield, Mexico, Peru and Canton report no FBI crime data of their own. Carthage isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Dixfield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
4 notable people were born here, including Sebastian Streeter Marble and Virgil Williams.
