Best PlacesConowingo, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Conowingo, 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.
Conowingo ranks 25,153rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Conowingo
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.
Conowingo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Conowingo ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 79% of towns
- Household income$91,951 median, better than 79% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Conowingo 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 commute37.4 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Conowingo
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Conowingo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,951, 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 Conowingo'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 Conowingo
Conowingo 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 Conowingo.
Who works in Conowingo, and how
Work in Conowingo centers on public administration and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Conowingo
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Conowingo, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Conowingo, month by month
Conowingo 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 Conowingo
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 44 miles away.
The best schools in and around Conowingo
Schools across Conowingo average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Conowingo ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rising Sun Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Perryville MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Rising Sun HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Perryville HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Conowingo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Conowingo 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 Conowingo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Conowingo
Is Conowingo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Conowingo ranks 25,153rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, big-city access, and civic engagement, 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 Conowingo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $323,893. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $91,951 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Conowingo safe?
Yes, Conowingo is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $215 per resident a year.
Compare Conowingo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Conowingo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Conowingo 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.
Conowingo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Conowingo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Conowingo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Conowingo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Conowingo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Conowingo 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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