Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Warren is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 81st among Maine's 142 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $75K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 71% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $342K, 4.6 years of the county’s $74K median household income. Only 17 of Maine’s 285 towns score lower on civic life. 12% of residents are 65 or older in Warren, where Maine’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 18%. The biggest park or preserve is Trolley Marsh Preserve, at 95 acres.
Where Warren beats most towns.
Census counts: 646 in 1790, a low of 646 in 1790, 4,865 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 1960 and 3 maps from 1941 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Warren is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Warren, 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 Warren.
Warren has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has home values falling while Maine’s rise.
Most working residents leave Warren for work: only 14% work in town. Since 2013, Warren has lost 191 jobs, to 1,178 in 2023. 6% of residents live below the poverty line in Warren.
| Warren | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 12% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by RSU 40/MSAD 40. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Community SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 286 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
The W Rockport 1 Nnw weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 77°, cooler than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 12.5°. The W Rockport 1 Nnw weather station, 7 miles away, records that 69 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 85% of Maine places with climate records.
Warren has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Warren is 77°F.
| Warren | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 77°F | 79°F | 85°F |
| January low | 13°F | 10°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Warren since 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Values fell 2.7% in the past year while the Maine typical home rose 1.6%.
The typical Warren home is worth about $342,000, 17% below the Maine typical home.
| Warren | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,125 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Warren beats the Maine average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. Of the 143 Maine towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Warren. 17% of Warren adults binge drink.
| Warren | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 78% | 81% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| What stands out | Warren | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 29.2% | 32% |
| More smokers | 17.9% | 14.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
10 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Warren’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Warren | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Trolley Marsh Preserve | 0.8 mi | 95 |
| 2. Eagles Way Preserve | — | 63 |
| 3. Payson Park | 0.1 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Warren. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi National ParkAcadia National Park4.1M visitors a year37 mi Ancient sitePopham Colony
37 mi LandmarkFort Knox
7 mi MuseumFarnsworth Art Museum
24 mi LighthousePemaquid Point Light
27 mi GardenCoastal Maine Botanical GardensAcadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, 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 Warren
About 5 of every 100 Warren residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maine.
Where Warren’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in Maine, United States
Warren is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,865 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of East Warren, Warren and South Warren, the latter home to the Maine State Prison and minimum security Bolduc Correctional Facility.
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6 towns share a border with Warren.
Rockport next door grades higher for schools (A to Warren’s C) and lower for cost of living (D to C+).
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | #81 | C+ | C+ | — | C | B |
| Thomaston | #123 | D | C− | — | C | B |
| Waldoboro | #54 | B | B | B+ | C | B+ |
| Cushing | — | — | D | — | C | B+ |
| Union | — | — | C+ | — | C | B |
| Rockport | #26 | A− | D | A− | A | A− |
| Rockland | #94 | C | C− | B− | C | B+ |
Cushing and Union have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Warren, Thomaston, Cushing and Union report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Warren with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Warren grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #81 of 142 in Maine. It grades B for health and C for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
2 notable people were born here, including Cécile Tucker and Bill Beckwith.
