Best PlacesOakington, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oakington, 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.
Oakington ranks 22,466th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oakington
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.
Oakington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oakington ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute13.6 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
Where Oakington ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,304 a month, better than only 10% of towns
Who lives in Oakington
Oakington 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 Oakington.
Who works in Oakington, and how
Work in Oakington centers on utilities and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Oakington
Oakington has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 6 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Oakington and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oakington, month by month
Oakington sees roughly 64 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 Oakington
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 29 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 Oakington
Schools across Oakington average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Roye-williams ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
- Havre De Grace ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Havre De Grace MiddleC− · 30% proficient
- Aberdeen MiddleD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Havre De Grace HighB · 50% proficient
- Aberdeen HighB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oakington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oakington 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 Oakington against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oakington
Is Oakington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oakington ranks 22,466th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, short commutes, and cell coverage, and lowest on taxes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oakington safe?
Oakington is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $640 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Oakington?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 64 pleasant days a year, more than 14% of towns.
Compare Oakington with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oakington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oakington 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.
Oakington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oakington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oakington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oakington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oakington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oakington 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.
- 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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