Best PlacesRinggold, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ringgold, 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.
Ringgold ranks 11,533rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ringgold
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.
Ringgold's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ringgold ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$98,367 median, better than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
Where Ringgold 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
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ringgold
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ringgold home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,367, 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 Ringgold's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Ringgold
Ringgold 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 Ringgold.
Who works in Ringgold, and how
Work in Ringgold centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ringgold
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ringgold.
What the weather is like in Ringgold, month by month
Ringgold sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Ringgold
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ringgold
Schools across Ringgold average a C+, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Old Forge ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Cascade ElementaryD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Smithsburg MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Barbara Ingram School For The ArtsA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ringgold school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ringgold 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 Ringgold against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ringgold
Is Ringgold a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ringgold ranks 11,533rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, what local pay buys, and civic engagement, 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 Ringgold expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $348,617. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $98,367 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Ringgold safe?
Yes, Ringgold is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Ringgold with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ringgold. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ringgold 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.
Ringgold detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ringgold: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ringgold: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ringgold: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ringgold: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ringgold 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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