Best PlacesIvytown, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ivytown, 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.
Ivytown ranks 18,143rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ivytown
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.
Ivytown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ivytown ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
Where Ivytown ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ivytown
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ivytown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,242, 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 Ivytown's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Ivytown
Ivytown 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 Ivytown.
Who works in Ivytown, and how
Work in Ivytown centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Ivytown
The coast is about 19 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ivytown, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ivytown, month by month
Ivytown sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 68° | 58° | 49° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 71° | 62° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Ivytown
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ivytown
Schools across Ivytown average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- White Marsh ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
- Preston Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Easton ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Easton MiddleD · 23% proficient
- Colonel Richardson Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Colonel Richardson High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Easton HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ivytown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ivytown 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 Ivytown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ivytown
Is Ivytown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ivytown ranks 18,143rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, big-city access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on taxes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ivytown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $347,902. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $94,242 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Ivytown safe?
Yes, Ivytown is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $252 per resident a year.
Compare Ivytown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ivytown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ivytown 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.
Ivytown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ivytown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ivytown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ivytown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ivytown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ivytown 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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