Best PlacesCentreville, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Centreville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Centreville ranks 8,456th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Centreville
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.
Centreville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Centreville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$118,282 median, better than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
Where Centreville 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
- Short commute33.4 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Centreville
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Centreville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $118,282; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Centreville's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 Centreville
Centreville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Centreville.
Who works in Centreville, and how
Work in Centreville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Centreville
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Centreville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Centreville, month by month
Centreville sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 37° | 31° |
| April | 67° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 70° | 62° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Centreville
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 34 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.3 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Centreville
Schools across Centreville average a B−, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Church Hill Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Sudlersville Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Centreville Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Sudlersville Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Queen Anne's County High SchoolB · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Centreville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Centreville 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 Centreville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Centreville
Is Centreville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Centreville ranks 8,456th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and high incomes, 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 Centreville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $486,160. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $118,282 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Centreville safe?
Yes, Centreville is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Centreville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Centreville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Centreville 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.
Centreville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Centreville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Centreville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Centreville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Centreville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Centreville 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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