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A town of 2,232.
Phippsburg’s best subject grades are an A− for health and the outdoors and an A for history. 34% of residents are 65 or older in Phippsburg, where Maine’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 18%. Of the 83 Maine towns we compare, none has a lower property crime rate than Phippsburg. 12% of the land in Phippsburg is conserved, against 4.7% in Maine’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Fort Popham Memorial and McCobb-Hill-Minott House. Only 22 of Maine’s 285 towns score higher on the outdoors. Phippsburg has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Phippsburg beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,119 in 1820, a low of 801 in 1930, 2,155 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1774 and 5 maps from 1894 on.
11 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Phippsburg is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Phippsburg, 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 Phippsburg.
Phippsburg beats the Maine average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 27% of Phippsburg adults sleep under 7 hours. Only 5 of the 144 Maine towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Phippsburg.
| Phippsburg | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Phippsburg | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.8% | 14.8% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7% | 9.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by RSU 01 - Lkrsu. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phippsburg Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 98 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
1.8% of working residents work locally in Phippsburg. Jobs based in Phippsburg grew to 155 in 2023, 54 more than in 2013. The median household income in Phippsburg is $108,000.
| Phippsburg | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $108,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 12% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Phippsburg’s median age is 54.3 years. Phippsburg has grown 3.6% since 2020, to 2,232 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 38% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Maine.
| Phippsburg | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54.3 years | 44.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 32% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.5 points. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Phippsburg | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.2% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.4% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.5% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.3% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 23% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.4% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.7% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.8% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.3% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.8% | 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 2,200, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 21 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Phippsburg.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Phippsburg has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 77°, January nights drop to 15° and about 67 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Phippsburg home is worth about $476,000, down 1.8% in a year, 16% above the Maine typical home.
| Phippsburg | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,022 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
38 miles of trail in 31 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is The Basin Preserve, 1,918 acres with 7.5 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. The Basin Preserve | 7.5 mi | 1,918 |
| 2. Spirit Pond Preserve (Popham Beach State Park) | 2.9 mi | 154 |
| 3. Phippsburg Town Forest | 1.8 mi | 260 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Phippsburg's reported crime rate is well below Maine's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. No violent crimes were reported in 2024.
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Phippsburg. Close and well known come first.
21 mi LighthousePortland Head Lightin town LandmarkSpirit Pond runestones
21 mi LandmarkFort Gorges
17 mi LighthousePemaquid Point Light
12 mi GardenCoastal Maine Botanical GardensPortland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort 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
1 within 15 miles of the center of Phippsburg
About 2 of every 100 Phippsburg residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Coastal flooding makes up 32% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
11 places in Phippsburg on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Maine, United States
Phippsburg is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States, on the west side of the mouth of the Kennebec River. The population was 2,155 at the 2020 census. It is within the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. A tourist destination, Phippsburg is home to Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area, Fort Popham State Historic Site; it is also home to Fort Baldwin which overlooks Fort Popham, and Popham Beach State Park, as well as Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge. The town includes part of Winnegance.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
5 towns share a border with Phippsburg.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phippsburg | — | — | A− | — | B+ | A− |
| Arrowsic | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Bath | — | — | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| Georgetown | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| Bath | #36 | B+ | C+ | A− | B+ | B |
| Harpswell | #34 | B+ | C | — | A− | A |
Phippsburg, West Bath and Georgetown have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Phippsburg, West Bath, Georgetown and Harpswell report no FBI crime data of their own. Arrowsic isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Phippsburg with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. That is 5.2 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 A−.
