Best PlacesRabbit Town, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rabbit Town, 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.
Rabbit Town ranks 33,254th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Rabbit Town
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.
Rabbit Town's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rabbit Town ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 68% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 67% of towns
Where Rabbit Town ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rabbit Town
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rabbit Town home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $74,861; 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 Rabbit Town's effective rate of 0.85%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rabbit Town
Rabbit Town 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 Rabbit Town.
Who works in Rabbit Town, and how
Work in Rabbit Town centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Rabbit Town
The coast is about 36 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Rabbit Town, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rabbit Town, month by month
Rabbit Town sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 67° | 57° | 48° |
| July | 87° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 61° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Rabbit Town
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rabbit Town
Schools across Rabbit Town average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northwestern ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
- Vienna Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Dorchester Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- North Dorchester High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Mardela Middle & HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rabbit Town school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rabbit Town 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 Rabbit Town against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rabbit Town
Is Rabbit Town a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rabbit Town ranks 33,254th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, few empty homes, and cell coverage, 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 Rabbit Town expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $287,200. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $74,861 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Rabbit Town safe?
Rabbit Town is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $380 per resident a year.
Compare Rabbit Town with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rabbit Town. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rabbit Town 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.
Rabbit Town detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rabbit Town: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rabbit Town: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rabbit Town: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rabbit Town: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rabbit Town 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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