Best PlacesPomfret, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pomfret, 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.
Pomfret ranks 8,980th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pomfret
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.
Pomfret's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pomfret ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$145,772 median, better than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
Where Pomfret ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute42.6 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pomfret
A household needs to earn about $132,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pomfret home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $145,772, 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 Pomfret's effective rate of 1.00%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pomfret
Pomfret runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pomfret.
Who works in Pomfret, and how
Work in Pomfret centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pomfret
The coast is about 18 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pomfret, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pomfret, month by month
Pomfret sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, 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 | 48° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Pomfret
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 18 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pomfret
Schools across Pomfret average a C, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dr. James Craik Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- J. C. Parks Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
- Berry Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Matthew Henson Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
- General Smallwood Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Maurice J. Mcdonough High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Henry E. Lackey High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pomfret school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pomfret 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 Pomfret against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pomfret
Is Pomfret a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pomfret ranks 8,980th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, high incomes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pomfret expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $491,638. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $145,772 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Pomfret safe?
Pomfret is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
Compare Pomfret with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pomfret. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pomfret 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.
Pomfret detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pomfret: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pomfret: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pomfret: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pomfret: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pomfret 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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