Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Whitefield’s subject grades are an A− for schools and history; the weakest is a C− for walkability. 29% of residents are 65 or older in Whitefield, above both the Maine town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Only 2 of the 144 Maine towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Whitefield. Whitefield has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them St. Denis Catholic Church and Clary Mill. Whitefield has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Whitefield beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Whitefield Elementary School | PK–8 | 184 |
St. Denis Catholic ChurchWhere Whitefield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Whitefield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1893.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Whitefield, 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 Whitefield.
Its public schools are run by RSU 12. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitefield Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 184 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Whitefield for work: only 3% work in town. Whitefield’s average trip to work is 30 minutes, against 25 minutes in Maine’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Whitefield has lost 124 jobs, to 229 in 2023.
| Whitefield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Whitefield has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Whitefield’s July high is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Whitefield home is worth about $331,000, up 7.1% in a year, 20% below the Maine typical home. 92% of Whitefield households own their home.
| Whitefield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $895 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The median age in Whitefield is 51.9 years. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Maine.
| Whitefield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51.9 years | 44.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 32% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Whitefield | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.4% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.8% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.8% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.5% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.5% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.3% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.9% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.4% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.3% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
16 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Hidden Valley Farm Easement, 483 acres with 3.7 miles of trail.
| Whitefield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.4% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hidden Valley Farm Easement | 3.7 mi | 483 |
| 2. Whitefield Salmon Preserve | 1.4 mi | 91 |
| 3. Happy Farm Conservation Easement | 0.5 mi | 62 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Whitefield beats the Maine average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Whitefield.
| Whitefield | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Whitefield | ME |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with arthritis | 35.9% | 32% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Whitefield. Close and well known come first.
26 mi LighthousePemaquid Point Light
22 mi GardenCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens33 mi LandmarkSpirit Pond runestones
11 mi MuseumMaine State Museum
14 mi National MonumentFrances Perkins National MonumentPemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frances Perkins National Monument: Robert Reed, NPS employee (per the same source), Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Whitefield
About 4 of every 100 Whitefield residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
3 places in Whitefield on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Whitefield.
Town in the State of Maine, United States
Whitefield is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,408 at the 2020 census. Whitefield is named for the celebrated British evangelist George Whitefield, who inspired the colonists before the town was settled in 1770, mainly by Irish Catholics. They remembered him when incorporation came in 1809. In the early twenty-first century it was the boyhood home of Sean and Jamie Oshima, who formed their folk-pop duo Oshima Brothers there. Whitefield is included in the Augusta, Maine micropolitan New England City and Town Area.
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5 towns share a border with Whitefield.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitefield | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B− |
| Alna | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jefferson | #65 | B− | B | — | B | B− |
| Pittston | #92 | C | B− | — | B− | B− |
| Chelsea | #51 | B | B | — | A− | C |
| Windsor | #67 | B− | C+ | — | A− | B− |
Whitefield has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Whitefield, Jefferson, Pittston, Chelsea and Windsor report no FBI crime data of their own. Alna isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Whitefield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Public schools that outperform most of Maine.
Not for the 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+.
3 notable people were born here, including J. Young Scammon and Eliakim P. Scammon.
