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A town of 1,995, settled in 1829.
Sebago’s best subject grade is an A for the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for schools. Sebago’s average trip to work is 37 minutes, above both Maine’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 17 of Maine’s 285 towns do better. Tiger Hill Community Forest, at 1,634 acres with 3.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Sebago has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Sebago beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
1,719 counted in 2010 and 1,911 in 2020; an estimated 1,995 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Sebago is from typical.
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Census counts: 586 in 1830, a low of 470 in 1930, 1,911 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 3 maps from 1896 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sebago, 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 Sebago.
Its public schools are run by the Sebago Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sebago Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 116 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests
Most working residents leave Sebago for work: only 5% work in town. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Sebago, above both the Maine town median (9%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Jobs based in Sebago grew to 192 in 2023, 25 more than in 2013.
| Sebago | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 12% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Sebago since 1998.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Sebago has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Sebago is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
52 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. Sebago’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Sebago | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 9.9% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Maine State Lands | 4.3 mi | 649 |
| 2. Tiger Hill Community Forest | 3.9 mi | 1,634 |
| 3. Douglas Mountain Preserve | 2.1 mi | 159 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Sebago tracks Maine closely on all 32 CDC measures. 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Sebago.
| Sebago | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
89% of Sebago households own their home.
| Sebago | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,533 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sebago
About 3 of every 100 Sebago residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Where Sebago’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Sebago on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Maine, United States
Sebago is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Sebago is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. The population was 1,911 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
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7 towns share a border with Sebago.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebago | — | — | C+ | — | D− | B− |
| Naples | #107 | C− | C | — | C− | B+ |
| Baldwin | — | — | B | — | B− | C+ |
| Hiram | — | — | C− | — | B− | C |
| Standish | #35 | B+ | B+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| Denmark | — | — | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Casco | #106 | C− | C+ | — | C− | B |
| Raymond | #5 | A | B+ | — | B | A |
Sebago, Baldwin, Hiram and Denmark have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Sebago, Naples, Baldwin, Hiram, Standish, Denmark, Casco and Raymond report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sebago with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.4 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+.
