Best PlacesPublic Landing, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Public Landing, 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.
Public Landing ranks 29,544th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Public Landing
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.
Public Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Public Landing ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute21.8 minutes each way, better than 81% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Public Landing ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Public Landing
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Public Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $81,635; 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 Public Landing's effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Public Landing
Public Landing 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 Public Landing.
Who works in Public Landing, and how
Work in Public Landing centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Public Landing
The coast is about 36 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Public Landing, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Public Landing, month by month
Public Landing sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 66° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 87° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Public Landing
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Public Landing
Schools across Public Landing average a C, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ocean City ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Snow Hill ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Berlin IntermediateB+ · 48% proficient
- Snow Hill MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Stephen Decatur HighA · 67% proficient
- Snow Hill HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Public Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Public Landing 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 Public Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Public Landing
Is Public Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Public Landing ranks 29,544th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, civic engagement, and health care access, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Public Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $325,600. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $81,635 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Public Landing safe?
Public Landing is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $486 per resident a year.
Compare Public Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Public Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Public Landing 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.
Public Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Public Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Public Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Public Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Public Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Public Landing 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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