Best PlacesEdgemoor, DE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Edgemoor, 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.
Edgemoor ranks 21,378th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Edgemoor
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.
Edgemoor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Edgemoor ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
Where Edgemoor ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,109 a month, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Edgemoor
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Edgemoor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $69,199; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Edgemoor's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Edgemoor
Edgemoor 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 Edgemoor.
Who works in Edgemoor, and how
Work in Edgemoor centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Edgemoor
Edgemoor has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. The coast is about 29 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Edgemoor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Edgemoor, month by month
Edgemoor sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Edgemoor
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 16 miles away.
The best schools in and around Edgemoor
Schools across Edgemoor average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oldmans Township SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Carrcroft Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dupont (pierre S.) Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Springer Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Penns Grove Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Penn (william) High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Mount Pleasant High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Brandywine High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Edgemoor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Edgemoor 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 Edgemoor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Edgemoor
Is Edgemoor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Edgemoor ranks 21,378th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, state infrastructure, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Edgemoor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $282,946. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $69,199 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Edgemoor safe?
Edgemoor is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $523 per resident a year.
Compare Edgemoor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Edgemoor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Edgemoor 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.
Edgemoor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Edgemoor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Edgemoor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Edgemoor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Edgemoor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Edgemoor 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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