Best PlacesFair Hill, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fair Hill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fair Hill ranks 6,951st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fair Hill
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.
Fair Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fair Hill ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
Where Fair Hill 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
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fair Hill
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fair Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,107, 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 Fair Hill's effective rate of 0.82%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fair Hill
Fair Hill 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 Fair Hill.
Who works in Fair Hill, and how
Work in Fair Hill centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Fair Hill
The coast is about 32 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Fair Hill, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fair Hill, month by month
Fair Hill sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Fair Hill
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 34 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fair Hill
Schools across Fair Hill average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kenmore ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cherry Hill MiddleC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Rising Sun HighB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fair Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fair Hill 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 Fair Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fair Hill
Is Fair Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fair Hill ranks 6,951st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, heat safety, 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 Fair Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,400. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $104,107 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Fair Hill safe?
Yes, Fair Hill is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Fair Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fair Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fair Hill 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.
Fair Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fair Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fair Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fair Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fair Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fair Hill 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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