Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Ogunquit’s best subject grades are an A for health and schools and an A− for incomes; its weakest is a C− for walkability. 64% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Ogunquit, above both the Maine town median (32%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). On health, just 6 of Maine’s 285 towns do better. Ogunquit has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Goodale-Bourne Farm and Goodale-Stevens Farm. Ogunquit has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Ogunquit beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Ogunquit | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.9% | 14.8% |
Goodale-Bourne Farm
Census counts: 944 in 1970, 1,577 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1897 and a map from 1985 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Ogunquit is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ogunquit. Close and well known come first.
5 mi LighthouseCape Neddick Light
33 mi LighthousePortland Head Light
35 mi LandmarkFort Gorges
14 mi MuseumStrawbery Banke
9 mi LighthouseBoon Island Light
13 mi MuseumSeashore Trolley MuseumCape Neddick Light: Stefan Hillebrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Strawbery Banke: Ken Gallager (Ken Gallager from en.wikipedia), Public domain · Boon Island Light: Originally uploaded by Dk69, Public domain · Seashore Trolley Museum: Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ogunquit, 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 Ogunquit.
The typical Ogunquit home is worth about $929,000, up 4.2% in a year, more than twice the Maine typical home. 94% of households own their home in Ogunquit, against 81% in Maine’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
About one in 5 of Ogunquit’s working residents works in town. Ogunquit’s median household income is $114,000. Among 144 Maine towns, just 7 have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Ogunquit.
| Ogunquit | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $114,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 22% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
11% of adults report frequent mental distress in Ogunquit. No town among the 144 in Maine we compare has a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Ogunquit. 14% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Ogunquit.
| Ogunquit | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 15% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 87% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Ogunquit | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.9% | 14.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.1% | 10.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 15.7% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Ogunquit has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Ogunquit is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 58 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ogunquit.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3.8 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Old Boston Preserve, 164 acres with 1 miles of trail.
| Ogunquit | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Old Boston Preserve | 1 mi | 164 |
| 2. Payeur Preserve | 0.8 mi | 34 |
| 3. Ogunquit Town Forest | 0.6 mi | 39 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Ogunquit
About 4 of every 100 Ogunquit residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Coastal flooding makes up 19% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
8 places in Ogunquit on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Maine, United States
Ogunquit ( oh-GUNG-kwit) is a resort town in York County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,577. Ogunquit is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford metropolitan area.
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2 towns share a border with Ogunquit.
Ogunquit has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Ogunquit with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 10.1 years of the area's median household income ($92,175 across the Portland-South Portland, 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.
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