Best PlacesCrapo, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crapo, 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.
Crapo ranks 46,766th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crapo
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.
Crapo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crapo ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 80% of towns
Where Crapo ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute46.5 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crapo
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crapo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,750, 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 Crapo's effective rate of 0.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Crapo
Crapo 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 Crapo.
Who works in Crapo, and how
Work in Crapo centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Crapo
The coast is about 20 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Crapo, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crapo, month by month
Crapo sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 67° | 57° | 48° |
| July | 87° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 61° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Crapo
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crapo
Schools across Crapo average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Dorchester SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Maple Elementary SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mace's Lane Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Cambridge-south Dorchester High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crapo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crapo 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 Crapo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crapo
Is Crapo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crapo ranks 46,766th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a strong job market, and big-city access, and lowest on taxes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crapo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $286,500. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $88,750 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Crapo safe?
Crapo is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,124 per resident a year.
Compare Crapo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crapo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crapo 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.
Crapo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crapo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crapo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crapo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crapo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crapo 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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