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Winterport gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $307K for a typical one, or 4.2 years of the county’s $73K median household income. It grades A− overall, 21st among Maine's 142 graded towns. On the plus side, its public schools beat 81% of Maine towns on state tests and graduation. Only 17 of Maine’s 285 towns score lower on hazard risk. Winterport has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Winterport Congregational Church and Winterport Historic District. Only 15 of Maine’s 285 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Where Winterport beats most towns.
Where Winterport’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 Winterport is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,318 in 1860, a low of 1,433 in 1920, 3,817 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1868 and 4 maps from 1900 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Winterport, 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 Winterport.
Winterport pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the Maine norm, pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and has fewer 90° days than most of the country, though not than most of Maine.
Its A− for schools comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $307K.
Its public schools are run by RSU 22. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy H Smith SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 260 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Winterport has 447 jobs for its 1,719 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 31.7 minutes, against 24.6 across Maine.
Most working residents leave Winterport for work: only 6% work in town. At 32 minutes, Winterport’s average trip to work is where Maine’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Winterport has added 112 jobs, to 447 in 2023.
| Winterport | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.9% | 12% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Winterport beats the Maine average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Winterport, above both Maine’s towns (27%) and U.S. towns (23%). 20% of adults get no exercise outside work in Winterport.
| Winterport | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Winterport | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 7% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3% | 3.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Winterport grades A− overall with a typical home of about $307K, below the Maine typical value; only 6 of the 33 Maine towns graded A− or better can say that.
Typical home values rose 9.1% in the year to September 2026. 91% of Winterport households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Bangor Intl Ap weather station, 11 miles away, records that about 6 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 89% of Maine places with climate records.
Winterport has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Winterport’s July high is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
7.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Winterport is 0.2 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Blueberry Hill, at 66 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Abbott Park | 0.5 mi | 12 |
| 2. Blueberry Hill | — | 66 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Maine average. 39% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Maine.
| Winterport | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 18% | 22% |
| Median age | 42.3 years | 45 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 22% | 18% |
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.8 points). Across Maine, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 69% are men (ME 44%).
| Winterport | ME | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.9% | 9.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.1% | 8.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.1% | 8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 19.7% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.8% | 15.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.1% | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 8.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.3% | 5.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.6% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 10.8% | 18.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.8% | 10.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.8% | 22.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 22.6% | 13.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,800, single groups can be off by several points
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Winterport. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi National ParkAcadia National Park4.1M visitors a year
9 mi LandmarkFort Knox
40 mi MuseumFarnsworth Art Museum33 mi Ski areaCamden Snow Bowl31 runs · 836 ft vertical
37 mi MuseumColby College Museum of Art12 mi MuseumUniversity of Maine Museum of ArtAcadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 3.0 · Colby College Museum of Art: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Winterport
About 8 of every 100 Winterport residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
7 notable people were born in Winterport.
Town in Maine, United States
Winterport is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,817 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. The Winterport Historic District, extending several blocks along Main Street (United States Route 1A), was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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5 towns share a border with Winterport.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterport | #21 | A− | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Frankfort | — | — | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| Bucksport | #70 | B− | B | A− | B− | B− |
| Orrington | #56 | B | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Monroe | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hampden | #16 | A− | C | A | A− | A− |
Frankfort has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Winterport, Frankfort and Orrington report no FBI crime data of their own. Monroe isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Winterport with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Winterport grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #21 of 142 in Maine. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
7 notable people were born here, including Frederick Low and James Otis Kaler.
