Best PlacesIngleside, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ingleside, 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.
Ingleside ranks 26,831st 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 Ingleside
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.
Ingleside's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ingleside ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$93,020 median, better than 80% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 68% of towns
Where Ingleside 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
- Short commute37.4 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ingleside
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ingleside home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,020, 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 Ingleside's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Ingleside
Ingleside runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ingleside.
Who works in Ingleside, and how
Work in Ingleside centers on construction and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ingleside
The coast is about 31 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ingleside, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ingleside, month by month
Ingleside sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Ingleside
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 43 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ingleside
Schools across Ingleside average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sudlersville Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sudlersville Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Queen Anne's County High SchoolB · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ingleside school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ingleside 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 Ingleside against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ingleside
Is Ingleside a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ingleside ranks 26,831st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and few empty homes, 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 Ingleside expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $361,729. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $93,020 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Ingleside safe?
Ingleside is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
Compare Ingleside with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ingleside. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ingleside 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.
Ingleside detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ingleside: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ingleside: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ingleside: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ingleside: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ingleside 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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