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For most people who can afford it, yes. Monmouth grades B overall, 46th among Maine's 142 graded towns. It reports less crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $348K, 5 years of the Augusta area’s $69K median household income. Monmouth has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Cumston Hall and Blossom House. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. Among 79 Maine towns, just 6 have a lower property crime rate than Monmouth.
Where Monmouth beats most towns.
Cumston Hall
Census counts: 701 in 1800, a low of 701 in 1800, 4,066 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1808 and 4 maps from 1908 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Monmouth is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Monmouth, 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 Monmouth.
Monmouth sees little violent crime, has added a third more jobs in ten years and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Maine.
Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
At 0 per 1,000 residents, Monmouth’s violent crime rate is close to Maine’s towns (0.6) and below U.S. towns (1.6).
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by RSU 02. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth Memorial SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 363 | B+ |
| Monmouth AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 192 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities. Since 1983, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Monmouth.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 538 in 2013 to 731.
Most working residents leave Monmouth for work: only 10% work in town. At 30 minutes, Monmouth’s average trip to work is above both the Maine town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Monmouth has added 193 jobs, to 731 in 2023.
| Monmouth | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 12% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 35 to 64 are 49% of residents (40% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (20% statewide). Monmouth has grown 4.3% since 2020, to 4,252 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Monmouth’s median age is 46.2 years.
| Monmouth | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.2 years | 44.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 22% | 18% |
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 45.8, men 46.5.
| Monmouth | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.6% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.4% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.3% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.3% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.1% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 20.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.7% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.6% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.3% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.4% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.6% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.3% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.4% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,300, single groups can be off by several points
Monmouth beats the Maine average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 14% of Monmouth adults binge drink.
| Monmouth | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Monmouth | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10% | 14.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Gardiner weather station, 11 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, 11 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.
Monmouth has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Monmouth is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Monmouth home is worth about $348,000, up 1.1% in a year, 16% below the Maine typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
6.2 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Woodbury Nature Sanctuary, at 389 acres with 3.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Monmouth | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.2% | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Woodbury Nature Sanctuary | 3.7 mi | 389 |
| 2. Jacobs-Stanley Conservation Area | — | 276 |
| 3. Woodcock Acres Forest | — | 63 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Monmouth. Close and well known come first.
37 mi LighthousePemaquid Point Light35 mi LandmarkSpirit Pond runestones
13 mi MuseumMaine State Museum
30 mi GardenCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens
28 mi National MonumentFrances Perkins National MonumentPemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frances Perkins National Monument: Robert Reed, NPS employee (per the same source), Public domain
4 within 15 miles of the center of Monmouth
About 2 of every 100 Monmouth residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Where Monmouth’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Monmouth on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Monmouth.
Town in Maine, United States
Monmouth is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. Monmouth is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. The population was 4,066 at the 2020 census. A popular summer resort area with many lakeside cottages, Monmouth is part of the Winthrop Lakes Region.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
6 towns share a border with Monmouth.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Winthrop (B) comes closest. Litchfield next door grades lower for schools (C− to Monmouth’s B) and higher for cost of living (B− to C−).
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth | #46 | B | C− | A+ | B | B+ |
| Winthrop | #48 | B | C+ | B+ | B+ | B |
| Leeds | — | — | B− | — | B− | C− |
| Wales | — | — | C+ | — | C− | C+ |
| Wayne | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Litchfield | #91 | C | B− | — | C− | B− |
| West Gardiner | #71 | B− | C+ | — | B− | B− |
Leeds, Wales and Wayne have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Leeds, Wales, Wayne, Litchfield and West Gardiner report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Monmouth with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Monmouth grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #46 of 142 in Maine. It grades B+ for health, A+ for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
6 notable people were born here, including Samuel Thurston and Charles Dorman Robinson.
