Best PlacesCockeysville, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cockeysville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cockeysville ranks 609th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Cockeysville
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.
The best areas in Cockeysville
The parts of Cockeysville, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Hunt Valley
Town and Country North & The Lakes
Springdale-Cockeysville
Scores across Cockeysville run from about the 27th to the 92nd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Cockeysville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cockeysville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 90% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 90% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 83% of cities
- Household income$121,597 median, better than 77% of cities
Where Cockeysville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 4% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Cockeysville
A household needs to earn about $150,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cockeysville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $121,597, 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 Cockeysville's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Cockeysville
Cockeysville'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 Cockeysville.
Who works in Cockeysville, and how
Work in Cockeysville centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Cockeysville
Cockeysville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of cities and more parkland per resident than 87% of cities. The coast is about 29 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cockeysville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cockeysville, month by month
Cockeysville sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 39° | 33° |
| April | 68° | 59° | 51° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 71° | 63° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Cockeysville
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 21 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 Cockeysville
Schools across Cockeysville average a C+, better than 40% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Jacksonville ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- Sparks ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Fort Garrison ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hereford MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Ridgely MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Cockeysville MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Hereford HighB+ · 54% proficient
- Dulaney HighB− · 45% proficient
- Franklin HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cockeysville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cockeysville 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 Cockeysville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Cockeysville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 86% of cities and 16% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 58% of cities, health care access beats 65%, and it is quieter than 90%.
Common questions about living in Cockeysville
Is Cockeysville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cockeysville ranks 609th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and what local pay buys, 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 Cockeysville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $562,190. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $121,597 median income, cost of living beats 86% of cities.
Is Cockeysville safe?
Cockeysville is safer than 31% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cockeysville?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 33. That works out to about 97 pleasant days a year, more than 58% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Cockeysville?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Hunt Valley, Town and Country North & The Lakes, and Springdale-Cockeysville. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Cockeysville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cockeysville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cockeysville 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.
Cockeysville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cockeysville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cockeysville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cockeysville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cockeysville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cockeysville 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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