Best PlacesAberdeen, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Aberdeen, 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.
Aberdeen ranks 27,564th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Aberdeen
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.
Aberdeen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Aberdeen ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Aberdeen ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,304 a month, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Aberdeen
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Aberdeen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,832, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Aberdeen's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Aberdeen
Aberdeen's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Aberdeen.
Who works in Aberdeen, and how
Work in Aberdeen centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Aberdeen
Aberdeen has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns and more parkland per resident than 81% of towns. The coast is about 8 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Aberdeen and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Aberdeen, month by month
Aberdeen sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Aberdeen
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Aberdeen
Schools across Aberdeen average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Churchville ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Meadowvale ElementaryC · 34% proficient
- Roye-williams ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Havre De Grace MiddleC− · 30% proficient
- Aberdeen MiddleD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Havre De Grace HighB · 50% proficient
- Aberdeen HighB · 46% proficient
- Center For Educational OpportunityF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Aberdeen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Aberdeen suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Aberdeen
Is Aberdeen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Aberdeen ranks 27,564th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and biking, and lowest on taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Aberdeen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,279. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $82,832 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Aberdeen safe?
Aberdeen is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $444 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Aberdeen?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 15% of towns.
Is Aberdeen good for families?
Schools beat 21% of towns, crime safety beats 24%, and childcare runs $1,304 a month.
Compare Aberdeen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Aberdeen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Aberdeen 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.
Aberdeen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Aberdeen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Aberdeen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Aberdeen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Aberdeen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Aberdeen 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.