Best PlacesEagle Harbor, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eagle Harbor, 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.
Eagle Harbor ranks 40,426th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Eagle Harbor
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.
Eagle Harbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eagle Harbor ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 76% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 68% of towns
Where Eagle Harbor ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute39.1 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eagle Harbor
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eagle Harbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,094, 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 Eagle Harbor's effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Eagle Harbor
Eagle Harbor 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 Eagle Harbor.
Who works in Eagle Harbor, and how
Work in Eagle Harbor centers on public administration and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Eagle Harbor
The coast is about 30 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Eagle Harbor, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eagle Harbor, month by month
Eagle Harbor sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Eagle Harbor
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 27 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Eagle Harbor
Schools across Eagle Harbor average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Huntingtown ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
- Baden ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Plum Point MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Gwynn Park MiddleD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Huntingtown High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Gwynn Park HighC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eagle Harbor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eagle Harbor 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 Eagle Harbor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eagle Harbor
Is Eagle Harbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eagle Harbor ranks 40,426th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, quiet, and tree cover, and lowest on taxes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eagle Harbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $475,000. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $81,094 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Eagle Harbor safe?
Eagle Harbor is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $615 per resident a year.
Compare Eagle Harbor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eagle Harbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eagle Harbor 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.
Eagle Harbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eagle Harbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eagle Harbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eagle Harbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eagle Harbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eagle Harbor 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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