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Woolwich gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $417K for a typical one, or 4.5 years of the Portland metro’s $92K median household income. It grades A− overall, 19th among Maine's 142 graded towns. On the plus side, CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 77% of the country. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 94% of U.S. towns, with 4 places on the National Register. Its National Register listings include Days Ferry Historic District and Woolwich Town House. Among 143 Maine towns, just 5 have a higher share of households owning their home than Woolwich. The biggest park or preserve is Merrymeeting Bay Wildlife Management Area, at 443 acres.
Where Woolwich beats most towns.
Census counts: 797 in 1790, a low of 671 in 1930, 3,068 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1765 and 6 maps from 1894 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Woolwich is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woolwich. Close and well known come first.
32 mi LighthousePortland Head Light
31 mi LandmarkFort Gorges
16 mi LighthousePemaquid Point Light
8 mi GardenCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens15 mi LandmarkSpirit Pond runestonesPortland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Pemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Woolwich, 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 Woolwich.
29% of Woolwich adults sleep under 7 hours, below both Maine’s towns (33%) and U.S. towns (36%). 16% of adults report frequent mental distress in Woolwich. Woolwich beats the Maine average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Woolwich | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Woolwich | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.7% | 14.8% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 6.3% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by RSU 01 - Lkrsu. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich Central SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 333 | C |
| Chop Point School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 84 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Woolwich for work: only 9% work in town. Woolwich’s average trip to work is 29 minutes, above both the Maine town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Woolwich grew to 592 in 2023, 90 more than in 2013.
| Woolwich | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.6% | 12% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 12.2°: colder than most of the country, but milder than 75% of Maine places with climate records; July afternoons average 78.6°.
Woolwich has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Woolwich’s July high is 79°F. About 72 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Woolwich | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 79°F | 79°F | 85°F |
| January low | 12°F | 10°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Woolwich since 2009.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
6.1 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The trail density in Woolwich is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Woolwich | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Merrymeeting Fields Preserve | 1.2 mi | 121 |
| 2. Robert P. Tristram Coffin Wild Flower Sanctuary | 1.1 mi | 125 |
| 3. Merrymeeting Bay Wildlife Management Area | 0.3 mi | 443 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The typical Woolwich home is worth about $417,000, up 1.3% in a year, close to the Maine typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Woolwich
About 2 of every 100 Woolwich residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
Coastal flooding makes up 26% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
4 places in Woolwich on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Maine, United States
Woolwich is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,068 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. Woolwich is a suburb of the city of Bath located on the opposite shore of Merrymeeting Bay.
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7 towns share a border with Woolwich.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Bath (B+) comes closest.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich | #19 | A− | B+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Wiscasset | #119 | C− | C− | B+ | D | B |
| Bath | #36 | B+ | C+ | A− | B+ | B |
| Arrowsic | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Westport Island | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bowdoinham | #80 | C+ | C | — | A− | B |
| Georgetown | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| Dresden | — | — | C+ | — | B | B |
Georgetown and Dresden have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Woolwich, Bowdoinham, Georgetown and Dresden report no FBI crime data of their own. Arrowsic and Westport Island aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Woolwich with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Woolwich grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #19 of 142 in Maine. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
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+.
2 notable people were born here, including William Phips and Wilmot Brookings.
