Best PlacesCrisfield, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crisfield, 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.
Crisfield ranks 44,312th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crisfield
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.
Crisfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crisfield ranks high
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 74% of towns
Where Crisfield ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crisfield
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crisfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,626, 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 Crisfield's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Crisfield
Crisfield'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 Crisfield.
Who works in Crisfield, and how
Work in Crisfield centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Crisfield
Crisfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 24 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Crisfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crisfield, month by month
Crisfield sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 73° | 62° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Crisfield
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crisfield
Schools across Crisfield average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carter G Woodson ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Crisfield Academy And High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crisfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crisfield 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 Crisfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crisfield
Is Crisfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crisfield ranks 44,312th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, and walkability, and lowest on taxes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crisfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $157,286. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $55,626 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Crisfield safe?
Crisfield is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $550 per resident a year.
Compare Crisfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crisfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crisfield 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.
Crisfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crisfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crisfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crisfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crisfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crisfield 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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