Best PlacesPort Tobacco Riviera, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Port Tobacco Riviera, 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.
Port Tobacco Riviera ranks 6,071st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Port Tobacco Riviera
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.
Port Tobacco Riviera's strengths and weaknesses
Where Port Tobacco Riviera ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$137,132 median, better than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
Where Port Tobacco Riviera ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute42.4 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,253 a month, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Port Tobacco Riviera
A household needs to earn about $152,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Port Tobacco Riviera home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $137,132; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Port Tobacco Riviera's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Port Tobacco Riviera
Port Tobacco Riviera 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 Port Tobacco Riviera.
Who works in Port Tobacco Riviera, and how
Work in Port Tobacco Riviera centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Port Tobacco Riviera
The coast is about 18 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Port Tobacco Riviera, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Port Tobacco Riviera, month by month
Port Tobacco Riviera sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 73° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Port Tobacco Riviera
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 23 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 Port Tobacco Riviera
Schools across Port Tobacco Riviera average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dr. James Craik Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Milton M. Somers Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Maurice J. Mcdonough High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Port Tobacco Riviera school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Port Tobacco Riviera 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 Port Tobacco Riviera against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Port Tobacco Riviera
Is Port Tobacco Riviera a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Port Tobacco Riviera ranks 6,071st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, an educated workforce, and civic engagement, 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 Port Tobacco Riviera expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $569,100. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $137,132 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Port Tobacco Riviera safe?
Port Tobacco Riviera is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $305 per resident a year.
Compare Port Tobacco Riviera with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Port Tobacco Riviera. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Port Tobacco Riviera 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.
Port Tobacco Riviera detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Port Tobacco Riviera: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Port Tobacco Riviera: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Port Tobacco Riviera: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Port Tobacco Riviera: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Port Tobacco Riviera 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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