Best PlacesLong Neck, DE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Long Neck, 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.
Long Neck ranks 21,019th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Long Neck
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.
Long Neck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Long Neck ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Long Neck ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Short commute32.7 minutes each way, better than only 21% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Long Neck
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Long Neck home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,546, 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 Long Neck's effective rate of 0.34%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Long Neck
Long Neck 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 Long Neck.
Who works in Long Neck, and how
Work in Long Neck centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Long Neck
The coast is about 20 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Long Neck, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Long Neck, month by month
Long Neck sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Long Neck
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Long Neck
Schools across Long Neck average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Long Neck Elementary SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Millsboro Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Sussex Central High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Long Neck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Long Neck 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 Long Neck against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Long Neck
Is Long Neck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Long Neck ranks 21,019th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, state infrastructure, and civic engagement, and lowest on summer heat and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Long Neck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,711. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $61,546 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Long Neck safe?
Yes, Long Neck is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $211 per resident a year.
Compare Long Neck with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Long Neck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Long Neck 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.
Long Neck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Long Neck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Long Neck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Long Neck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Long Neck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Long Neck 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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