Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
60% more nonprofits per person than the typical Maine town.
The best of Surry’s subject grades are an A+ for civic life and an A− for history; the weakest is a D for walkability. 31% of residents are 65 or older in Surry, against 22% in Maine’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 21 of Maine’s 285 towns do worse. Only 15 of Maine’s 285 towns score higher on civic life. The biggest place to walk is Surry Forest, 2,089 acres with 8.1 miles of trail. Surry has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Surry beats most towns.
Surry Town HallCensus counts: 360 in 1810, a low of 360 in 1810, 1,632 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and a map from 1981 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Surry is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Surry. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi National ParkAcadia National Park4.1M visitors a year
16 mi MountainCadillac Mountain
16 mi LandmarkFort Knox
19 mi LighthouseBass Harbor Head Light
39 mi MuseumFarnsworth Art Museum
16 mi MuseumAbbe MuseumAcadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cadillac Mountain: The original uploader was NightThree at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Bass Harbor Head Light: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 3.0 · Abbe Museum: AbbeMuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Surry, 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 Surry.
2% of Surry working residents work locally, where Maine’s towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 8%. Jobs based in Surry grew to 138 in 2023, 29 more than in 2013. Surry’s average trip to work is 31 minutes.
| Surry | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 11% | 14% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Surry Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surry Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 134 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 1998, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Surry.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median age in Surry is 52.4 years. Surry has grown 3.6% since 2020, to 1,692 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 17% of Surry residents are under 18.
| Surry | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52.4 years | 44.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 18% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 32% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Surry | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.8% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.8% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.6% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.6% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 20.1% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.8% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.8% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.6% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.5% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18% | 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
Surry has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 78°, January nights drop to 13° and about 72 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Surry beats the Maine average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 84% of adults had a checkup this year in Surry.
| Surry | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 36% |
| What stands out | Surry | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.4% | 14.8% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.8% | 76.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.9% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Surry home is worth about $440,000, up 1.4% in a year, 7% above the Maine typical home.
| Surry | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $969 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Surry | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Surry Forest | 8.1 mi | 2,089 |
| 2. Meadowbrook Forest | 3.7 mi | 716 |
| 3. Patten Stream Preserve | 1.3 mi | 39 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Surry
About 2 of every 100 Surry residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Coastal flooding makes up 9% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Town in Maine, United States
Surry is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,632 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Surry.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surry | — | — | B− | — | C | B+ |
| Ellsworth | #75 | C+ | C | C | B | A− |
| Blue Hill | #47 | B | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Penobscot | — | — | B | — | C+ | B+ |
| Trenton | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Mount Desert | — | — | C− | — | A+ | A |
Surry, Penobscot, Trenton and Mount Desert have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Surry, Blue Hill, Penobscot, Trenton and Mount Desert report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Surry with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
60% more nonprofits per person than the typical Maine town.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
