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Vassalboro earns a D, ranked 135th of 142 in Maine, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 88% of the state's. It also has a long history, with 8 places on the National Register. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include River Meetinghouse and East Vassalboro Grist and Saw Mill.
Where Vassalboro beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,253 in 1790, a low of 1,188 in 1800, 4,520 in 2020. The archive holds 17 old photos and papers going back to 1796 and 4 maps from 1893 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 Vassalboro is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Vassalboro, 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 Vassalboro.
Vassalboro gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Augusta and beyond.
Its public schools are run by the Vassalboro Public Schools. Enrollment at the town’s public school: 423 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vassalboro Community SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 423 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Count the trails in 7 parks and preserves and they come to 37 miles. Vassalboro Wildlife Habitat, at 336 acres with 1.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The trail network density for Vassalboro comes to 0.8 miles per square mile, where Maine’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Vassalboro | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.5% | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alonzo H. Garcelon Wildlife Management Area North | 2.9 mi | 528 |
| 2. Vassalboro Wildlife Habitat | 1.3 mi | 336 |
| 3. Seawards Mills Conservation Area | 0.6 mi | 44 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Vassalboro has 317 jobs for its 2,084 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
4.3% of Vassalboro working residents work locally. The average commute for Vassalboro comes to 31 minutes, against 25 minutes in Maine’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Jobs here fell by 41 from 2013 to 2023, to 317. Half of commuters travel less than 12 miles.
| Vassalboro | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 10% | 15% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Albion weather station, 12 miles away, records that 86 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 95% of U.S. towns.
For Vassalboro, the typical July afternoon high is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Vassalboro’s typical rent is $1,006 a month. 83% of households live in a home they own locally.
| Vassalboro | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 83% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,006 a month | $1,108 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Maine has 36% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 35%. Children under 18 are nearly a quarter of residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (20% statewide). Vassalboro is growing: up 2.8% since 2020, to 4,647 residents (2025 estimate).
| Vassalboro | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 23% | 18% | 22% |
| Median age | 44.5 years | 45 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 22% | 18% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.3 points. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Vassalboro | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.1% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.2% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.7% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.6% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.4% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.7% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.6% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.8% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.4% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.1% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,600, single groups can be off by several points
Vassalboro tracks Maine closely on all 32 CDC measures. The share of adults in Vassalboro who binge drink: 14%. Among adults here, 28% have been diagnosed with depression and 30% feel lonely.
| Vassalboro | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 35% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On expected storm and flood damage, Vassalboro sits below 57% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Vassalboro break down as 60% from inland flooding and 15% from hurricanes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Vassalboro after 6 declared disasters, most recently in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Vassalboro. Close and well known come first.
11 mi MuseumMaine State Museum
38 mi GardenCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens
9 mi MuseumColby College Museum of Art
35 mi MuseumFarnsworth Art Museum
30 mi National MonumentFrances Perkins National Monument
38 mi MuseumMaine Maritime MuseumMaine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Colby College Museum of Art: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 3.0 · Frances Perkins National Monument: Robert Reed, NPS employee (per the same source), Public domain · Maine Maritime Museum: Maine Maritime Museum, CC BY 3.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Vassalboro
About 5 of every 100 Vassalboro residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maine.
Where Vassalboro’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
8 places in Vassalboro on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Vassalboro.
Town in Maine, United States
Vassalboro (originally Vassalborough) is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,520 at the 2020 census. Vassalboro includes the villages of Riverside, Getchell's Corner, North Vassalboro, and East Vassalboro, home to the town library and sports field. Vassalboro is included in the Augusta, Maine, micropolitan New England City and Town Area.
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4 towns share a border with Vassalboro.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vassalboro | #135 | D | B− | — | D | B |
| China | #17 | A− | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| Sidney | #95 | C | C | — | B+ | C |
| Winslow | #88 | C | C | B+ | C+ | C |
| Augusta | #140 | D− | C+ | D | D | C |
Vassalboro, China and Sidney report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Vassalboro with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Vassalboro grades D overall, better than 9% of U.S. towns and #135 of 142 in Maine. It grades B for health and D for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 4.9 years of the area's median household income ($69,077 across the Augusta-Waterville, ME area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
6 notable people were born here, including Henry H. Goddard and Ethel Bailey Higgins.
