Best PlacesPoint Breeze, DE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Point Breeze, 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.
Point Breeze ranks 10,062nd 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 Point Breeze
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.
Point Breeze's strengths and weaknesses
Where Point Breeze ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$110,991 median, better than 90% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
Where Point Breeze ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,109 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute32.9 minutes each way, better than only 20% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Point Breeze
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Point Breeze home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $110,991, 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 Point Breeze's effective rate of 0.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Point Breeze
Point Breeze runs older 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 Point Breeze.
Who works in Point Breeze, and how
Work in Point Breeze centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Point Breeze
The coast is about 21 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Point Breeze, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Point Breeze, month by month
Point Breeze sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Point Breeze
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Point Breeze
Schools across Point Breeze average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Meredith (everett) Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Middletown High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Point Breeze school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Point Breeze 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 Point Breeze against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Point Breeze
Is Point Breeze a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Point Breeze ranks 10,062nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on the weather and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Point Breeze expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $405,142. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $110,991 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Point Breeze safe?
Point Breeze is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $286 per resident a year.
Compare Point Breeze with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Point Breeze. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Point Breeze 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.
Point Breeze detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Point Breeze: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Point Breeze: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Point Breeze: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Point Breeze: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Point Breeze 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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