Best PlacesEaston, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Easton, 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.
Easton ranks 14,062nd 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 Easton
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.
Easton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Easton ranks high
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
Where Easton ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Easton
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Easton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,778, 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 Easton's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Easton
Easton 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 Easton.
Who works in Easton, and how
Work in Easton centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Easton
Easton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Easton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Easton, month by month
Easton sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 68° | 58° | 49° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 71° | 62° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Easton
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 43 miles away.
The best schools in and around Easton
Schools across Easton average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grasonville Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- St. Michaels ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- White Marsh ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stevensville Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
- Centreville Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Easton MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Kent Island High SchoolA− · 66% proficient
- Easton HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Queen Anne's County High SchoolB · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Easton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Easton 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 Easton against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Easton suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 78% of towns and 15% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 62% of towns and health care access beats 83%.
Common questions about living in Easton
Is Easton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Easton ranks 14,062nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, walkability, and transit, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Easton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $416,651. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $87,778 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Easton safe?
Easton is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $315 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Easton?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 31. That works out to about 92 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of towns.
Is Easton good for families?
Schools beat 34% of towns, crime safety beats 46%, and childcare runs $973 a month.
Compare Easton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Easton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Easton 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.
Easton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Easton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Easton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Easton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Easton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Easton 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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