Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,735.
The best of Newburgh’s subject grades is an A− for schools; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 1 of Maine’s 285 towns score lower on walkability. Only 1 of Maine’s 285 towns score lower on the outdoors. Jabez Knowlton Store is on the National Register of Historic Places. Newburgh has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Newburgh beats most towns.
Where Newburgh’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 Newburgh is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 329 in 1820, a low of 329 in 1820, 1,595 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 2 maps from 1955 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Newburgh, 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 Newburgh.
Newburgh beats the Maine average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 83% of Newburgh adults had a checkup this year, above both the Maine town median (81%) and the median of U.S. towns (79%). 12% of adults smoke cigarettes in Newburgh.
| Newburgh | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 11% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Newburgh | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.3% | 14.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.6% | 10.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Newburgh for work: only 4% work in town. Newburgh’s average trip to work is 30 minutes, against 25 minutes in Maine’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Bangor (35%), Brewer (8%) and Hampden (7%).
| Newburgh | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 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
Newburgh has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Newburgh’s July high is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Newburgh home is worth about $332,000, up 3.1% in a year, 20% below the Maine typical home. The median rent in Newburgh is $950 a month.
| Newburgh | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $950 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 81% | 81% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Maine average. Newburgh has grown 8.3% since 2020, to 1,735 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Maine.
| Newburgh | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.8 years | 44.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 18% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 22% | 18% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Newburgh | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.5% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.9% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.5% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.8% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.9% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.5% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.3% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.8% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.7% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.3% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.9% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Newburgh. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi National ParkAcadia National Park4.1M visitors a year
14 mi LandmarkFort Knox
33 mi MuseumColby College Museum of Art35 mi Ski areaCamden Snow Bowl31 runs · 836 ft vertical14 mi MuseumUniversity of Maine Museum of Art
18 mi MuseumPenobscot Marine MuseumAcadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Colby College Museum of Art: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Penobscot Marine Museum: John Smith, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Newburgh
About 4 of every 100 Newburgh residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Town in Maine, United States
Newburgh is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,595 at the time of the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Newburgh.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newburgh | — | — | C | — | A− | A− |
| Hampden | #16 | A− | C | A | A− | A− |
| Carmel | #111 | C− | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Dixmont | — | — | B+ | — | C | C− |
Newburgh and Dixmont have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Newburgh, Carmel and Dixmont report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Newburgh with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 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.
Newburgh has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 2 notable people were born here, including Ricky Craven and Orrin Larrabee Miller.
