Best PlacesRising Sun, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rising Sun, 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.
Rising Sun ranks 12,787th 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 Rising Sun
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.
Rising Sun's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rising Sun ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$107,402 median, better than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
Where Rising Sun 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
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 22% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rising Sun
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rising Sun home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,402, 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 Rising Sun's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Rising Sun
Rising Sun's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rising Sun.
Who works in Rising Sun, and how
Work in Rising Sun centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Rising Sun
Rising Sun has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. The coast is about 20 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Rising Sun and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rising Sun, month by month
Rising Sun sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, 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 | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Rising Sun
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 45 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rising Sun
Schools across Rising Sun average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rising Sun ElementaryC · 31% proficient
- Conowingo ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
- Calvert ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rising Sun Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Perryville MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
- North East MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Rising Sun HighB+ · 56% proficient
- North East HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Perryville HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rising Sun school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rising Sun
Is Rising Sun a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rising Sun ranks 12,787th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and few empty homes, 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 Rising Sun expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $375,393. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $107,402 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Rising Sun safe?
Yes, Rising Sun is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $242 per resident a year.
Compare Rising Sun with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rising Sun. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rising Sun 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.
Rising Sun detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rising Sun: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rising Sun: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rising Sun: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rising Sun: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rising Sun 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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