Best PlacesFrostburg, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Frostburg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Frostburg ranks 33,860th 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 Frostburg
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.
Frostburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Frostburg ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
Where Frostburg ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Frostburg
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Frostburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,983, 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 Frostburg's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 Frostburg
Frostburg runs younger 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 Frostburg.
Who works in Frostburg, and how
Work in Frostburg centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Frostburg
Frostburg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Frostburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Frostburg, month by month
Frostburg sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Frostburg
The nearest airport, John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Frostburg
Schools across Frostburg average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frost ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Beall ElementaryC · 31% proficient
- Route 40 ElementaryD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mount Savage MiddleC · 31% proficient
- Northern Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Westmar MiddleD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Northern Garrett High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Mountain Ridge High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Frostburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Frostburg 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 Frostburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Frostburg
Is Frostburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Frostburg ranks 33,860th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, and low disaster risk, 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 Frostburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $187,841. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $63,983 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Frostburg safe?
Frostburg is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $539 per resident a year.
Compare Frostburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Frostburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Frostburg 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.
Frostburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Frostburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Frostburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Frostburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Frostburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Frostburg 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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