DunstanME
A town of 2,363.
Is Dunstan a good place to live?
Among 144 Maine towns, just 2 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Dunstan. 27% of the land in Dunstan is conserved, above both the Maine town median (4.7%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area, 483 acres with 1.7 miles of trail. We don’t grade Dunstan yet; the figures below are still real.
What makes Dunstan stand out
Where Dunstan beats most towns.
Dunstan lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 49% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Portland Head Light and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dunstan. Close and well known come first.
10 mi LighthousePortland Head Light
11 mi LandmarkFort Gorges33 mi Ancient sitePopham Colony
4 mi Theme parkFuntown Splashtown USA
9 mi MuseumPortland Museum of Art
10 mi MuseumMaine Narrow Gauge Railroad MuseumPhoto credits
Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Funtown Splashtown USA: Paulec252, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Portland Museum of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Gwernol assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Dunstan: who provides what
Dunstan is unincorporated, so Cumberland County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Dunstan.
With 2.1 jobs for every working resident, Dunstan draws in 2,111 commuters
Dunstan’s average trip to work comes in at 22 minutes. Only 3% of working residents stay in Dunstan for work; the rest commute out. In Dunstan, 13% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9% in Maine’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Jobs in Dunstan grew by 561 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 2,142.
| Dunstan | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Protected land: nearly a quarter of Dunstan
Dunstan’s density of trails stands at 1.0 miles per square mile. Across 2 parks and preserves: 3.2 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area | 1.7 mi | 483 |
| 2. Hemlock Grove Preserve | 0.5 mi | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Dunstan, the FEMA risk score runs higher than in the typical Maine or U.S. town
49% of Dunstan’s expected losses from natural hazards come from coastal flooding, followed by inland flooding at 22%. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Dunstan
A winter brings about 69 inches of snow, with January nights at 15° and July afternoons at 80°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Dunstan is
Dunstan: a third of adults have high blood pressure. Among 144 Maine towns, just 10 have a lower share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Dunstan. Two figures for adults locally: 17% get no exercise outside work, 11% smoke cigarettes.
| Dunstan | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Dunstan | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.4% | 14.8% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 6.2% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Dunstan sells for about $665K at the median
In Dunstan, the median rent is $1,770 a month. 71% of households live in a home they own here.
| Dunstan | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,770 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 81% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Dunstan
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Dunstan
About 7 of every 100 Dunstan residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maine.
Every workday, about 2,111 people come to Dunstan for work
Where Dunstan’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Dunstan
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dunstan, ME a good place to live?
We don’t grade Dunstan yet; the figures below are still real.