Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Tremont’s best subject grades are an A− for schools and an A for history and the outdoors; its weakest is a C for cost of living. Tremont’s July high is 77°F, below both Maine’s towns (79°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). 14% of the land in Tremont is conserved, against 4.7% in Maine’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Acadia National Park, 2,914 acres with 2.3 miles of trail. On the outdoors, just 15 of Maine’s 285 towns do better. Tremont has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Tremont beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,425 in 1850, 1,544 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and 2 maps from 1904 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Tremont is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tremont. Close and well known come first.
Big draw3 mi National ParkAcadia National Park4.1M visitors a year
13 mi MountainCadillac Mountain
in town LighthouseBass Harbor Head Light
27 mi LandmarkFort Knox
34 mi MuseumFarnsworth Art Museum
15 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 · Bass Harbor Head Light: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · 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 Tremont, 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 Tremont.
The typical Tremont home is worth about $583,000, up 4.1% in a year, 41% above the Maine typical home.
| Tremont | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 76% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,217 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Tremont Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tremont Consolidated SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 127 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Tremont for work: only 19% work in town. Since 2013, Tremont has added 80 jobs, to 263 in 2023. 6.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Tremont.
| Tremont | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.6% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Tremont beats the Maine average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of Tremont adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Tremont | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Tremont | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.8% | 14.8% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 74.8% | 70.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.8% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Tremont has cold winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Tremont’s January low is 14°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
9.6 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The trail density in Tremont is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Acadia National Park | 2.3 mi | 2,914 |
| 2. Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge | 0.9 mi | 65 |
| 3. Kelley Farm Preserve | 0.6 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities. Since 2008, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tremont.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (20% statewide). 44% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Maine.
| Tremont | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 45.6 years | 44.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 18% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 22% | 18% |
56.1% women, 43.9% men
About 78 men for every 100 women. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Tremont | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.1% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.1% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.9% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.9% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.6% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.6% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.1% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.2% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.1% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.4% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.2% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.1% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 21.3% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
None within 15 miles of Tremont; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Tremont residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Coastal flooding makes up 17% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
5 places in Tremont on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Tremont.
Town in Maine, United States
Tremont is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is located on the southwestern side of Mount Desert Island, an area commonly referred to by residents as the "quiet side". Tremont includes the villages of Bass Harbor (also known historically as McKinley), Bernard, Gotts Island, Seal Cove, and West Tremont. A portion of Acadia National Park lies within the town boundaries. Bass Harbor serves as the terminus for both the Swan's Island and Frenchboro ferries. The population was 1,544 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Tremont.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tremont | — | — | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Southwest Harbor | — | — | C− | A− | A | A− |
| Frenchboro | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Desert | — | — | C− | — | A+ | A |
| Brooklin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blue Hill | #47 | B | C | — | B+ | B+ |
Tremont, Southwest Harbor and Mount Desert have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Tremont, Mount Desert and Blue Hill report no FBI crime data of their own. Frenchboro and Brooklin aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Tremont with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 8 years of the area's median household income ($72,744 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
4 notable people were born here, including George Ward Nichols and Elaine Lorillard.
