Best PlacesKentmore Park, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kentmore Park, 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.
Kentmore Park ranks 30,573rd 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 Kentmore Park
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.
Kentmore Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kentmore Park ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
Where Kentmore Park 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
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kentmore Park
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kentmore Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,565, 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 Kentmore Park's effective rate of 0.76%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Kentmore Park
Kentmore Park 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 Kentmore Park.
Who works in Kentmore Park, and how
Work in Kentmore Park centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Kentmore Park
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kentmore Park, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kentmore Park, month by month
Kentmore Park 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 Kentmore Park
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 38 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kentmore Park
Schools across Kentmore Park average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cecilton ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Galena Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bohemia Manor MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
- Kent County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Bohemia Manor HighA− · 60% proficient
- Kent County HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kentmore Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kentmore Park 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 Kentmore Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kentmore Park
Is Kentmore Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kentmore Park ranks 30,573rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and civic engagement, 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 Kentmore Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $308,300. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $84,565 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Kentmore Park safe?
Kentmore Park is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $533 per resident a year.
Compare Kentmore Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kentmore Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kentmore Park 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.
Kentmore Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kentmore Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kentmore Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kentmore Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kentmore Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kentmore Park 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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