Best PlacesElkton, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Elkton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Elkton ranks 1,501st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Elkton
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.
The best areas in Elkton
The parts of Elkton, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Hollingsworth Manor
Washington Woods
Windsor Village
Scores across Elkton run from about the 6th to the 80th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Elkton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Elkton ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 96% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 72% of cities
- QuietBetter than 68% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 61% of cities
Where Elkton ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 4% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 16% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Elkton
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Elkton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,016, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Elkton's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Elkton
Elkton'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 Elkton.
Who works in Elkton, and how
Work in Elkton centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Elkton
Elkton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. The coast is about 18 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Elkton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Elkton, month by month
Elkton sees roughly 66 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 Elkton
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Elkton
Schools across Elkton average a C−, better than 19% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Kenmore ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
- Elk Neck ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
- Calvert ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rising Sun Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Cherry Hill MiddleC− · 28% proficient
- Bohemia Manor MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Bohemia Manor HighA− · 60% proficient
- Rising Sun HighB+ · 56% proficient
- North East HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Elkton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Elkton 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 Elkton against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Elkton suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Elkton
Is Elkton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Elkton ranks 1,501st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, fast internet, and big-city access, 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 Elkton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $314,258. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $88,016 median income, cost of living beats 48% of cities.
Is Elkton safe?
Elkton is safer than 48% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $321 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Elkton?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 26. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 19% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Elkton?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Hollingsworth Manor, Washington Woods, and Windsor Village. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Elkton with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Elkton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Elkton 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.
Elkton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Elkton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Elkton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Elkton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Elkton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Elkton 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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