Best PlacesJacktown, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jacktown, 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.
Jacktown ranks 46,751st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Jacktown
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.
Jacktown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jacktown ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 69% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 67% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 63% of towns
Where Jacktown ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jacktown
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jacktown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $72,112; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Jacktown's effective rate of 0.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jacktown
Jacktown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Jacktown.
Who works in Jacktown, and how
Work in Jacktown centers on public administration and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Jacktown
The coast is about 23 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Jacktown, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jacktown, month by month
Jacktown sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 67° | 57° | 48° |
| July | 87° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 61° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Jacktown
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Jacktown
Schools across Jacktown average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- White Marsh ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
- Maple Elementary SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Easton MiddleD · 23% proficient
- Mace's Lane Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Easton HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Cambridge-south Dorchester High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jacktown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jacktown 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 Jacktown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jacktown
Is Jacktown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jacktown ranks 46,751st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, health care access, and quiet, 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 Jacktown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,100. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $72,112 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Jacktown safe?
Jacktown is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $739 per resident a year.
Compare Jacktown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jacktown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jacktown 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.
Jacktown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jacktown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jacktown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jacktown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jacktown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jacktown 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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