Lake ArrowheadME
A town of 3,322.
Is Lake Arrowhead a good place to live?
Lake Arrowhead’s median rent is $2,288 a month, against $1,106 a month in Maine’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Of the 144 Maine towns we compare, none has a lower share of residents 65 or older than Lake Arrowhead. We don’t grade Lake Arrowhead yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Lake Arrowhead for work
Where Lake Arrowhead’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Moving to Lake Arrowhead: who provides what
Lake Arrowhead is unincorporated, so York 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 Lake Arrowhead.
Lake Arrowhead stands out in Maine and nationally, with more of its residents who are under 18
27% of residents are under 18 in Lake Arrowhead, where Maine’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 22%. The median age in Lake Arrowhead is 33 years. People 65 and older are 8% of residents (22% statewide); children under 18 are 27% of residents (18% statewide).
| Lake Arrowhead | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 years | 44.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 27% | 18% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 32% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.8 points. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Lake Arrowhead | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.3% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.6% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12.7% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.9% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.4% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.4% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.9% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.1% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 1.6% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.6% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.4% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 31.3% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.7% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.5% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
Compared with most of Maine and the rest of the country, the average trip to work in Lake Arrowhead is longer
Lake Arrowhead’s average trip to work is 39 minutes. Jobs based in Lake Arrowhead grew to 106 in 2023, 46 more than in 2013. 2.4% of Lake Arrowhead residents live below the poverty line.
| Lake Arrowhead | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 39 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 12% | 8% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Lake Arrowhead, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Lake Arrowhead
Lake Arrowhead has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 11° and about 81 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Lake Arrowhead is
Lake Arrowhead beats the Maine average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 20% of adults binge drink in Lake Arrowhead. Of the 144 Maine towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Lake Arrowhead.
| Lake Arrowhead | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Lake Arrowhead | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.1% | 9.9% |
| More binge drinkers | 20.2% | 15.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lake Arrowhead has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
1.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Outlet Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lake Winnipesaukee and 28 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Arrowhead. Close and well known come first.
29 mi LakeLake Winnipesaukee
27 mi LighthousePortland Head Light
26 mi LandmarkFort Gorges
33 mi Scenic railwayConway Scenic Railroad
35 mi LighthouseCape Neddick Light
38 mi Theme parkStory LandPhoto credits
Lake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Conway Scenic Railroad: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cape Neddick Light: Stefan Hillebrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Story Land: AnotherMaker, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Lake Arrowhead
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lake Arrowhead; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Lake Arrowhead residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maine.
About Lake Arrowhead
Census-designated place in Maine, United States
Lake Arrowhead is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Waterboro and Limerick in York County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lake Arrowhead had a population of 3,192. The CDP corresponds to the area covered by the Lake Arrowhead Community, a large subdivision begun in the 1960s which surrounds Lake Arrowhead, an artificial lake on the Little Ossipee River. The community is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 6.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 338 ft
Lake Arrowhead’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Lake Arrowhead.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Arrowhead | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Limerick | #49 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Waterboro | #39 | B+ | B | — | B+ | B |
| Limington | #57 | B | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
Limerick, Waterboro and Limington report no FBI crime data of their own. Lake Arrowhead isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lake Arrowhead with a neighbor →
Questions about Lake Arrowhead
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Arrowhead, ME a good place to live?
We don’t grade Lake Arrowhead yet; the figures below are still real.