Best PlacesMarion Station, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marion Station, 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.
Marion Station ranks 32,961st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on transit.
The best neighborhoods in Marion Station
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.
Marion Station's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marion Station ranks high
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of towns
Where Marion Station ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marion Station
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marion Station home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,704, 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 Marion Station's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Marion Station
Marion Station 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 Marion Station.
Who works in Marion Station, and how
Work in Marion Station centers on retail trade and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Marion Station
The coast is about 17 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Marion Station, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Marion Station, month by month
Marion Station 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 Marion Station
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around Marion Station
Schools across Marion Station average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carter G Woodson ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- Pocomoke ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Arcadia MiddleB · 43% proficient
- Pocomoke MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Somerset 6/7 Intermediate SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Arcadia HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Pocomoke HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Crisfield Academy And High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marion Station school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marion Station 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 Marion Station against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marion Station
Is Marion Station a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marion Station ranks 32,961st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, health care access, and big-city access, 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 Marion Station expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $196,404. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $80,704 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Marion Station safe?
Marion Station is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
Compare Marion Station with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marion Station. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marion Station 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.
Marion Station detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marion Station: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marion Station: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marion Station: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marion Station: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marion Station 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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