Best PlacesDeep Hole, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deep Hole, 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.
Deep Hole ranks 26,034th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Deep Hole
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.
Deep Hole's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deep Hole ranks high
- Short commute11.1 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
Where Deep Hole ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deep Hole
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deep Hole home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,377, 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 Deep Hole's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Deep Hole
Deep Hole 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 Deep Hole.
Who works in Deep Hole, and how
Work in Deep Hole centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Deep Hole
The coast is about 18 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Deep Hole, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Deep Hole, month by month
Deep Hole 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 Deep Hole
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Deep Hole
Schools across Deep Hole average a B+, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chincoteague ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Arcadia MiddleB · 43% proficient
- Snow Hill MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Chincoteague HighA · 75% proficient
- Arcadia HighB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deep Hole school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deep Hole 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 Deep Hole against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deep Hole
Is Deep Hole a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deep Hole ranks 26,034th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, health care access, and a strong job market, and lowest on disaster risk and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Deep Hole expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $381,900. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $71,377 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Deep Hole safe?
Deep Hole is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $479 per resident a year.
Compare Deep Hole with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deep Hole. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deep Hole 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.
Deep Hole detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deep Hole: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deep Hole: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deep Hole: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deep Hole: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deep Hole 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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