1 Maine City Named Among 100 Best Places to Live on East Coast

It's funny that a state like Maine, known as "Vacationland", didn't appear in at least 10 spots on this thing. The FW recently released a list of the 100 Best Places To Live on the East Coast, and one of my favorite places to walk along the oceanside made an appearance! However, I think Cape Elizabeth deserved a higher ranking than #65, but at least it's there and representing our state.

So Cape Elizabeth came in hot at #65 out of 100 places mentioned, and although I think there's other cities that belong on this list as well, Cape Elizabeth was a good choice for so many reasons. If you walk along the shoreline, you're bound to see beautiful waves hitting the rocks along the coast. In some parts of the city, you might even feel like you're in a movie setting because it's so beautiful. It's even home base to one of the most iconic lighthouses on the East Coast (and maybe even the world), Portland Head Light.

I'll give you some statistics from fw.com, so you can form your own opinion.

- Population: 9,279
- Median home value: $408,800 (87% own)
- Median rent: $1,191 (13% rent)
- Median household income: $111,884

I'd love to live in Cape Elizabeth, but damn would it be expensive. From everything I've seen, it seems like it's typically sprinkled with out-of-towners' vacation homes, which checks out.

The 20 Most In-Demand Maine Towns to Buy a Home

Here is a list of the 20 most in-demand towns in Maine to buy a home. This list was determined by BetOhio. The company analyzed Realtor.com info to come up with the results. This included two major metrics...

Demand score: a unique listing page viewers per property ranking compared to other ZIP codes, counties, or metro location.

Median days on market: The median number of days property listings spend on the market within the specified geography during the specified month.

These two metrics were put together to come up with the town's Demand Index Score.

You can check out the full methodology here.

Gallery Credit: Chris Sedenka

The 20 Least Populated Maine Towns

Maine is a vast state, which can be quite remote in some areas. Amazingly, Maine has numerous towns that still exist independently even with very little population. Here is a list of the 20 least populated towns in Maine.

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