Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Litchfield grades C overall, ranked 91st of 142 in Maine, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $85K and natural-hazard risk is low. On the other side, its schools rank behind 81% of the state's. Among 143 Maine towns, just 1 have a higher share of households owning their home than Litchfield. The biggest place to walk is Small - Burnham Conservation Area, 242 acres with 2.1 miles of trail. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 69% of U.S. towns.
Where Litchfield beats most towns.
Where Litchfield’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 Litchfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,044 in 1800, a low of 722 in 1940, 3,586 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1794 and 4 maps from 1892 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Litchfield, 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 Litchfield.
Litchfield sends most of its workers to Lewiston and beyond and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Maine.
Its public schools are run by RSU 04. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrie Ricker SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–4 | Grades 3–4 | 174 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Litchfield has 347 jobs for its 1,572 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 31.9 minutes, against 24.6 across Maine.
Most working residents leave Litchfield for work: only 8% work in town. Litchfield’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, against 25 minutes in Maine’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Litchfield grew to 347 in 2023, 65 more than in 2013.
| Litchfield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.3% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 8% | 12% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Litchfield since 2012.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Gardiner weather station, 8 miles away, records that 69 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 81% of Maine places with climate records. The Gardiner weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 5 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 79% of Maine places with climate records.
Litchfield has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Litchfield’s July high is 79°F, close to Maine’s towns (79°F) and below U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Litchfield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Small - Burnham Conservation Area | 2.1 mi | 242 |
| 2. Holman Conservation Area | 1.8 mi | 89 |
| 3. Webber-Rogers Farmstead Conservation A | 1.5 mi | 117 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The typical Litchfield home is worth about $358,000, up 0.9% in a year, 13% below the Maine typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Litchfield beats the Maine average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 13% of adults binge drink in Litchfield.
| Litchfield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Litchfield | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.7% | 14.8% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 67% | 63.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Litchfield. Close and well known come first.
38 mi LandmarkFort Gorges
32 mi LighthousePemaquid Point Light30 mi LandmarkSpirit Pond runestones
25 mi GardenCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens
12 mi MuseumMaine State MuseumFort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Pemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Litchfield
About 2 of every 100 Litchfield residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Town in Maine, United States
Litchfield is a rural town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,586 at the 2020 census. Litchfield is included in the Augusta, Maine micropolitan and included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area.
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7 towns share a border with Litchfield.
All 6 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C; Gardiner (C+) is closest. Monmouth next door grades higher for schools (B to Litchfield’s C−) and lower for cost of living (C− to B−).
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield | #91 | C | B− | — | C− | B− |
| West Gardiner | #71 | B− | C+ | — | B− | B− |
| Richmond | #40 | B+ | B− | A+ | — | B− |
| Gardiner | #82 | C+ | C+ | B | B− | C+ |
| Wales | — | — | C+ | — | C− | C+ |
| Bowdoin | #41 | B+ | B | — | A− | B |
| Sabattus | #58 | B | B+ | A | C− | C+ |
| Monmouth | #46 | B | C− | A+ | B | B+ |
Wales has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Litchfield, West Gardiner, Wales and Bowdoin report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Litchfield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Litchfield grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #91 of 142 in Maine. It grades B− for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 5.2 years of the area's median household income ($69,077 across the Augusta-Waterville, ME 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−.
