Best PlacesManokin, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Manokin, 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.
Manokin ranks 39,801st 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 Manokin
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.
Manokin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Manokin ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 75% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of towns
- Household income$84,222 median, better than 70% of towns
- QuietBetter than 68% of towns
Where Manokin ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Manokin
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Manokin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,222, 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 Manokin's effective rate of 0.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Manokin
Manokin 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 Manokin.
Who works in Manokin, and how
Work in Manokin centers on other services and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Manokin
The coast is about 23 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Manokin, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Manokin, month by month
Manokin sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 73° | 62° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Manokin
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Manokin
Schools across Manokin average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carter G Woodson ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Somerset 6/7 Intermediate SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Crisfield Academy And High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Washington Academy And High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Manokin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Manokin 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 Manokin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Manokin
Is Manokin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Manokin ranks 39,801st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, what local pay buys, and tree cover, 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 Manokin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,100. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $84,222 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Manokin safe?
Manokin is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $596 per resident a year.
Compare Manokin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Manokin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Manokin 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.
Manokin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Manokin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Manokin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Manokin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Manokin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Manokin 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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