Best PlacesKent Narrows, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kent Narrows, 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.
Kent Narrows ranks 12,733rd 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 Kent Narrows
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.
Kent Narrows' strengths and weaknesses
Where Kent Narrows ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
Where Kent Narrows ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kent Narrows
A household needs to earn about $177,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kent Narrows home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $135,733, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Kent Narrows' effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Kent Narrows
Kent Narrows's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kent Narrows.
Who works in Kent Narrows, and how
Work in Kent Narrows centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Kent Narrows
The coast is about 1 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kent Narrows, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kent Narrows, month by month
Kent Narrows sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, 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 | 44° | 37° | 31° |
| April | 67° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 70° | 62° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Kent Narrows
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 27 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.3 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kent Narrows
Schools across Kent Narrows average a B−, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bayside Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Grasonville Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stevensville Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Kent Island High SchoolA− · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kent Narrows school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kent Narrows 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 Kent Narrows against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kent Narrows
Is Kent Narrows a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kent Narrows ranks 12,733rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kent Narrows expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $699,701. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $135,733 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Kent Narrows safe?
Yes, Kent Narrows is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $242 per resident a year.
Compare Kent Narrows with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kent Narrows. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kent Narrows 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.
Kent Narrows detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kent Narrows: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kent Narrows: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kent Narrows: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kent Narrows: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kent Narrows 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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