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A town of 2,621, settled in 1871.
Is Maine a good place to live?
Maine is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, ranked 112th of 357 in Wisconsin, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $111K. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 77% of the country. A typical home there costs about $278K, 3.6 years of the Wausau metro’s $78K median household income. Maine’s January low is 5°F, below both the Wisconsin town median (11°F) and the median of U.S. towns (22°F). The biggest park or preserve is Marathon County Forest-Wisconsin River Unit, at 103 acres.
What makes Maine stand out
Where Maine beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Maine for work
Where Maine’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Maine grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Maine is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Maine: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Maine, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Maine.
Very low risk in Maine, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Maine’s schools trail 56% of Wisconsin districts
Its public schools are run by the Wausau School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 229 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Maine’s grade for health is an A−
Its A− for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Stettin (B) comes closest. Against the 7,026 U.S. towns with household incomes like Maine’s, it is healthier than 58%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
27% of adults feel lonely in Maine. Maine beats the Wisconsin average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Maine.
| Maine | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 20% | 16% |
| What stands out | Maine | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 12.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4% | 5.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About two in five of Maine’s working residents commute to Wausau
Most working residents leave Maine for work: only 3% work in town. 2.8% of Maine residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Maine has added 92 jobs, to 807 in 2023.
| Maine | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $111,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Wisconsin overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (38% statewide). The median age in Maine is 48 years. 34% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Maine | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.6 points). Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Maine | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.8% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.4% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.1% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.3% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.4% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.7% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.3% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 23.3% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.6% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.2% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
In Maine, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Maine has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Maine’s July high is 79°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Maine has set aside 0.6% of its land for conservation
1.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Marathon County Forest-Wisconsin River Unit | — | 103 |
| 2. Brokaw County Park | — | 79 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Maine’s grade for cost of living is a B−
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Granite Peak Ski Area and 2 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maine. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MuseumLeigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
7 mi TheatreGrand TheaterPhoto credits
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum: User:Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Grand Theater: Billertl, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Maine
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Maine
About 2 of every 100 Maine residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
Maine’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Maine.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #112 | A− | B− | — | C+ | A− |
| Wausau | #274 | B− | B | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Texas | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Stettin | #299 | C+ | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Berlin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Texas has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Maine, Texas and Stettin report no FBI crime data of their own. Berlin isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Maine with a neighbor →
Questions about Maine
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Maine, WI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Maine grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #112 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades A− for health and C+ for schools.
Is Maine, WI expensive?
The typical home is worth about $278,000, 18% below the Wisconsin typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.