Best PlacesCobb Island, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cobb Island, 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.
Cobb Island ranks 40,955th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cobb Island
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.
Cobb Island's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cobb Island ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$104,048 median, better than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- BikingBetter than 78% of towns
Where Cobb Island ranks low
- Short commute55.8 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cobb Island
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cobb Island home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,048, 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 Cobb Island's effective rate of 0.74%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Cobb Island
Cobb Island runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cobb Island.
Who works in Cobb Island, and how
Work in Cobb Island centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Cobb Island
Cobb Island has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 0 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Cobb Island and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cobb Island, month by month
Cobb Island sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 70° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Cobb Island
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 42 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cobb Island
Schools across Cobb Island average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dynard ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Dr. Thomas L. Higdon Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Piccowaxen Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
- Margaret Brent MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- La Plata High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Chopticon HighB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cobb Island school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cobb Island 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 Cobb Island against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cobb Island
Is Cobb Island a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cobb Island ranks 40,955th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cobb Island expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,070. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $104,048 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Cobb Island safe?
Cobb Island is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $656 per resident a year.
Compare Cobb Island with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cobb Island. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cobb Island 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.
Cobb Island detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cobb Island: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cobb Island: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cobb Island: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cobb Island: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cobb Island 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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