Best PlacesColeman, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coleman, 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.
Coleman ranks 35,265th 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 Coleman
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.
Coleman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coleman ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
Where Coleman ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coleman
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coleman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,500, 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 Coleman's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Coleman
Coleman 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 Coleman.
Who works in Coleman, and how
Work in Coleman centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Coleman
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Coleman, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coleman, month by month
Coleman sees roughly 64 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 Coleman
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 33 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 Coleman
Schools across Coleman average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Galena Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kent County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Kent County HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coleman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coleman 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 Coleman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coleman
Is Coleman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coleman ranks 35,265th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on taxes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coleman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $363,800. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $66,500 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Coleman safe?
Coleman is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $305 per resident a year.
Compare Coleman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coleman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coleman 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.
Coleman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coleman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coleman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coleman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coleman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coleman 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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