Great PondME
Is Great Pond a good place to live?
Great Pond’s average trip to work is 57 minutes, above both the Maine town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). No town among the 144 in Maine we compare has a higher median age than Great Pond. Great Pond has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Great Pond stand out
Where Great Pond beats most towns.
61 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Great Pond: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Great Pond, 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 Great Pond.
In Great Pond, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Great Pond has cold winters and pleasant summers. Great Pond’s July high is 79°F, where Maine’s towns sit at 79°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Great Pond stands out in Maine and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most
The FEMA risk score in Great Pond is 63 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Great Pond is
Great Pond beats the Maine average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 83% of adults had a checkup this year in Great Pond.
| Great Pond | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Great Pond | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.2% | 14.8% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.9% | 76.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.6% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Great Pond | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 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
Everything we know about Great Pond
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Great Pond; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Great Pond residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
About Great Pond
Town in Maine, United States
Great Pond is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 61 at the 2020 census. Gleason Archer Sr. (1880–1966), the founder and first president of Suffolk University in Boston, was born in Great Pond. He was also the author of many legal textbooks.
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- Area
- 40 sq mi
- Elevation
- 289 ft
- Area code
- 207
Questions about Great Pond
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Great Pond, ME a good place to live?
Great Pond has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.