Best PlacesEldorado, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eldorado, 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.
Eldorado ranks 38,425th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Eldorado
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.
Eldorado's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eldorado ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 68% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 68% of towns
Where Eldorado ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute35.6 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eldorado
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eldorado home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $73,750; 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 Eldorado's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Eldorado
Eldorado's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eldorado.
Who works in Eldorado, and how
Work in Eldorado centers on construction and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Eldorado
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Eldorado, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eldorado, month by month
Eldorado sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 67° | 57° | 48° |
| July | 87° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 61° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Eldorado
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eldorado
Schools across Eldorado average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hurlock Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
- Vienna Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Dorchester Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- North Dorchester High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eldorado school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eldorado 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 Eldorado against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eldorado
Is Eldorado a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eldorado ranks 38,425th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, quiet, and fast internet, and lowest on taxes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eldorado expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $280,500. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $73,750 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Eldorado safe?
Eldorado is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $285 per resident a year.
Compare Eldorado with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eldorado. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eldorado 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.
Eldorado detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eldorado: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eldorado: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eldorado: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eldorado: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eldorado 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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