Best Places20680, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 20680, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
20680 ranks 20,301st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on an educated workforce.
The best neighborhoods in 20680
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
20680's strengths and weaknesses
Where 20680 ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than 83% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 80% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of zip codes
Where 20680 ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 20680
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 20680 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,067, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 20680's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 20680
20680 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 20680.
Who works in 20680, and how
Work in 20680 centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in 20680
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 20680, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 20680, month by month
20680 sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of 20680
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around 20680
Schools across 20680 average a C, better than 38% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Ridge ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spring Ridge MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Great Mills HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 20680 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
20680 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 20680 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 20680
Is 20680 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 20680 ranks 20,301st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on an educated workforce, civic engagement, and quiet, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 20680 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $457,022. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $81,067 median income, cost of living beats 49% of zip codes.
Is 20680 safe?
20680 is safer than 17% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $481 per resident a year.
Compare 20680 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 20680. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 20680 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
20680 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 20680: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 20680: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 20680: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 20680: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
20680 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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