Best PlacesCool Springs, Wilmington, DE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cool Springs, Wilmington, 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.
Cool Springs, Wilmington ranks 4,477th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cool Springs, Wilmington
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.
Cool Springs, Wilmington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cool Springs, Wilmington ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
Where Cool Springs, Wilmington ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD, better than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Cool Springs, Wilmington
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cool Springs, Wilmington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $56,359, 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 Cool Springs, Wilmington's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cool Springs, Wilmington
Cool Springs, Wilmington 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 Cool Springs, Wilmington.
Who works in Cool Springs, Wilmington, and how
Work in Cool Springs, Wilmington centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Cool Springs, Wilmington
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cool Springs, Wilmington, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cool Springs, Wilmington, month by month
Cool Springs, Wilmington sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, 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 | 45° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Cool Springs, Wilmington
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 19 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cool Springs, Wilmington
Schools across Cool Springs, Wilmington average a D, better than 12% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- The Bayard SchoolF · 5% proficient
- Lewis (william C.) Dual Language Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Skyline Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Christiana High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Dupont (alexis I.) High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cool Springs, Wilmington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cool Springs, Wilmington 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 Cool Springs, Wilmington against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Cool Springs, Wilmington
Is Cool Springs, Wilmington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cool Springs, Wilmington ranks 4,477th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, state infrastructure, and walkability, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cool Springs, Wilmington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $277,249. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $56,359 median income, cost of living beats 30% of neighborhoods.
Is Cool Springs, Wilmington safe?
Cool Springs, Wilmington is safer than 35% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
Compare Cool Springs, Wilmington with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cool Springs, Wilmington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cool Springs, Wilmington 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.
Cool Springs, Wilmington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cool Springs, Wilmington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cool Springs, Wilmington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cool Springs, Wilmington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cool Springs, Wilmington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cool Springs, Wilmington 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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