Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Eddington’s best subject grades are an A− for schools and a B for civic life; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 23 of Maine’s 285 towns score lower on walkability. 16% of the land in Eddington is conserved, against 4.7% in Maine’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. East Eddington Public Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. Eddington has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Eddington beats most towns.
Where Eddington’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Eddington is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 167 in 1800, a low of 167 in 1800, 2,194 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 4 maps from 1902 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Eddington, 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 Eddington.
Its public schools are run by RSU 63/MSAD 63. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddington SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–1 | Grades PK–1 | 116 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
3.4% of Eddington working residents work locally, below both the Maine town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Since 2013, Eddington has added 97 jobs, to 260 in 2023. Eddington’s average trip to work is 32 minutes.
| Eddington | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Eddington home is worth about $302,000, up 2.2% in a year, 27% below the Maine typical home.
| Eddington | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,127 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Eddington has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Eddington is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
People 65 and older are 27% of residents (22% statewide). 14% of residents are under 18 in Eddington. Eddington has grown 3.3% since 2020, to 2,254 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Eddington | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54.9 years | 44.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 14% | 18% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 22% | 18% |
Somewhere between 38% and 60% women
The Census survey reached too few of Eddington’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.9 points. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Eddington | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.2% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.2% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.2% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.3% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 23.4% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.4% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.1% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.1% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.4% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.4% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.9% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
Eddington beats the Maine average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 83% of Eddington adults had a checkup this year.
| Eddington | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Eddington | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.6% | 14.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eddington. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi National ParkAcadia National Park4.1M visitors a year
19 mi LandmarkFort Knox
38 mi MountainCadillac Mountain6 mi MuseumUniversity of Maine Museum of Art
37 mi MuseumAbbe Museum
28 mi MuseumPenobscot Marine MuseumAcadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Cadillac Mountain: The original uploader was NightThree at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0 · Abbe Museum: AbbeMuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Penobscot Marine Museum: John Smith, Public domain
4 within 15 miles of the center of Eddington
About 2 of every 100 Eddington residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Town in Maine, United States
Eddington is a town located on the eastern side of the Penobscot River in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 2,194.
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7 towns share a border with Eddington.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddington | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Holden | #37 | B+ | C | A | A− | B+ |
| Veazie | — | — | C− | A+ | A | B− |
| Orono | – | A | D | A+ | A− | B+ |
| Bradley | — | — | B | — | C− | D |
| Brewer | #101 | C | C− | B− | B | C |
| Clifton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dedham | — | — | C | — | A+ | B+ |
Eddington, Veazie, Bradley and Dedham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Eddington, Bradley and Dedham report no FBI crime data of their own. Clifton isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Eddington with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.5 years of the area's median household income ($66,356 across the Bangor, ME metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
