Best PlacesCecilton, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cecilton, 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.
Cecilton ranks 19,680th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cecilton
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.
Cecilton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cecilton ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
Where Cecilton ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cecilton
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cecilton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,375, 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 Cecilton's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cecilton
Cecilton 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 Cecilton.
Who works in Cecilton, and how
Work in Cecilton centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Cecilton
The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cecilton, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cecilton, month by month
Cecilton 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 Cecilton
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cecilton
Schools across Cecilton average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cecilton ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bohemia Manor MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Bohemia Manor HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cecilton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cecilton 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 Cecilton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cecilton
Is Cecilton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cecilton ranks 19,680th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and an educated workforce, 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 Cecilton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $352,600. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $79,375 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Cecilton safe?
Cecilton is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
Compare Cecilton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cecilton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cecilton 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.
Cecilton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cecilton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cecilton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cecilton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cecilton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cecilton 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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