Best PlacesHavre de Grace, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Havre de Grace, 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.
Havre de Grace ranks 6,492nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Havre de Grace
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.
Havre de Grace's strengths and weaknesses
Where Havre de Grace ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
Where Havre de Grace 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
- Cheap childcare$1,304 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Havre de Grace
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Havre de Grace home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $114,974, 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 Havre de Grace's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Havre de Grace
Havre de Grace runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Havre de Grace.
Who works in Havre de Grace, and how
Work in Havre de Grace centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Havre de Grace
Havre de Grace has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns and more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. The coast is about 4 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Havre de Grace and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Havre de Grace, month by month
Havre de Grace sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, 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 | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Havre de Grace
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 39 miles away.
The best schools in and around Havre de Grace
Schools across Havre de Grace average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Darlington ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Churchville ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Meadowvale ElementaryC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Havre De Grace MiddleC− · 30% proficient
- Aberdeen MiddleD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Havre De Grace HighB · 50% proficient
- Aberdeen HighB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Havre de Grace school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Havre de Grace 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 Havre de Grace against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Havre de Grace
Is Havre de Grace a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Havre de Grace ranks 6,492nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and walkability, 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 Havre de Grace expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $382,223. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $114,974 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Havre de Grace safe?
Havre de Grace is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $330 per resident a year.
Compare Havre de Grace with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Havre de Grace. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Havre de Grace 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.
Havre de Grace detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Havre de Grace: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Havre de Grace: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Havre de Grace: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Havre de Grace: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Havre de Grace 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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