Best PlacesLowes Crossroads, DE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lowes Crossroads, 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.
Lowes Crossroads ranks 12,727th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lowes Crossroads
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.
Lowes Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lowes Crossroads ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$105,060 median, better than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Lowes Crossroads ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 19% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 26% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lowes Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lowes Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,060, 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 Lowes Crossroads' effective rate of 0.43%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lowes Crossroads
Lowes Crossroads runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lowes Crossroads.
Who works in Lowes Crossroads, and how
Work in Lowes Crossroads centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lowes Crossroads
The coast is about 38 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lowes Crossroads, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lowes Crossroads, month by month
Lowes Crossroads sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Lowes Crossroads
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lowes Crossroads
Schools across Lowes Crossroads average a D+, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Millsboro Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Millsboro Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Laurel Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Sussex Central High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Laurel Senior High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lowes Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lowes Crossroads 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 Lowes Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lowes Crossroads
Is Lowes Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lowes Crossroads ranks 12,727th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lowes Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $257,210. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $105,060 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Lowes Crossroads safe?
Yes, Lowes Crossroads is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Lowes Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lowes Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lowes Crossroads 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.
Lowes Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lowes Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lowes Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lowes Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lowes Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lowes Crossroads 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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