Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Yes, by almost any measure. Windham earns an A, 6th of 142 graded towns in Maine. The median household earns $108K, residents are healthier than 88% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and it reports less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in cost of living. Windham has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Maplewood Farm and Parson Smith House. 44% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Windham, where Maine’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 29%. The biggest place to walk is Windham Community Forest, 1,014 acres with 20.7 miles of trail.
Where Windham beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Windham | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.4% | 14.8% |
Where Windham’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 Windham is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 938 in 1790, 18,434 in 2020. The archive holds 20 old photos and papers going back to 1764 and 4 maps from 1894 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Windham. Close and well known come first.
15 mi LighthousePortland Head Light
13 mi LandmarkFort Gorges31 mi Ancient sitePopham Colony
12 mi MuseumPortland Museum of Art
12 mi MuseumMaine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
27 mi MuseumSeashore Trolley MuseumPortland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Portland Museum of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Gwernol assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seashore Trolley Museum: Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Windham, 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 Windham.
Windham gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, has less tooth loss than most of Maine and is safe by national standards but not by Maine’s.
Its widest gap with Maine is tooth loss: 8.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.8% statewide.
8.3% of Windham adults have diabetes. Among 143 Maine towns, just 4 have a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Windham. 27% of Windham adults have obesity.
| Windham | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Windham | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.4% | 14.8% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.8% | 8.4% |
| More binge drinkers | 18.8% | 15.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by RSU 14. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Windham High School, with 939 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windham Primary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 727 | C+ |
| Windham High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 939 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
33 miles of trail in 14 parks and preserves.
| Windham | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.3% | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Windham Community Forest | 20.7 mi | 1,014 |
| 2. Black Brook Preserve | 2.1 mi | 116 |
| 3. Donnabeth Lippman Park | 1.9 mi | 117 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 9.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 62% of Maine’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 174 to 113 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Windham for work: only 13% work in town. 3.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Windham. Jobs based in Windham grew to 6,172 in 2023, 866 more than in 2013.
| Windham | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $108,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 19% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 12% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Windham.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Adults 35 to 64 are 48% of residents (40% statewide); people 65 and older are 16% of residents (22% statewide). Windham has grown 8% since 2020, to 19,912 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 44% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Maine.
| Windham | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 22% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 18% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.8 years | 45 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.9 points). Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Windham | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.7% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.7% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.2% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.7% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.4% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.8% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.6% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.1% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.9% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 33.5% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The Gray weather station, 10 miles away, records that 84 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. The Gray weather station, 10 miles away, records that about 5 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 93% of Maine places with climate records.
Windham has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Windham is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Windham home is worth about $492,000, up 3.8% in a year, 19% above the Maine typical home.
| Windham | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,232 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5 within 15 miles of the center of Windham
About 4 of every 100 Windham residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
5 places in Windham on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Windham.
Town in Maine, United States
Windham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,434 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of South Windham and North Windham. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
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10 towns share a border with Windham.
Gorham next door grades higher for schools (A to Windham’s B) and lower for cost of living (C− to B−).
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windham | #6 | A | B− | A− | B | A |
| Gorham | #2 | A+ | C− | A | A | A |
| Standish | #35 | B+ | B+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| North Windham | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Little Falls | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Windham | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gray | #60 | B | C | — | B− | A |
| Westbrook | #78 | C+ | C− | B− | D | A− |
Standish and Gray report no FBI crime data of their own. North Windham, Little Falls and South Windham aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Windham with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Windham grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #6 of 142 in Maine. It grades A for health, A− for safety and B for schools.
That is 5.3 years of the area's median household income ($92,175 across the Portland-South Portland, ME metro 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−.
5 notable people were born here, including John Albion Andrew and Jeff Donnell.
