Best PlacesRolphs, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rolphs, 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.
Rolphs ranks 15,927th 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 Rolphs
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.
Rolphs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Rolphs ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
Where Rolphs 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
- Short commute37.6 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rolphs
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rolphs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $102,205; 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 Rolphs' effective rate of 0.79%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rolphs
Rolphs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rolphs.
Who works in Rolphs, and how
Work in Rolphs centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Rolphs
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Rolphs, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rolphs, month by month
Rolphs sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 37° | 31° |
| April | 67° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 70° | 62° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Rolphs
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 35 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.3 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rolphs
Schools across Rolphs average a C, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Church Hill Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- H. H. Garnett ElementaryD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Centreville Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Sudlersville Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Kent County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Queen Anne's County High SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Kent County HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rolphs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rolphs 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 Rolphs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rolphs
Is Rolphs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rolphs ranks 15,927th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, few empty homes, and big-city 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 Rolphs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $407,511. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $102,205 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Rolphs safe?
Yes, Rolphs is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
Compare Rolphs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rolphs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rolphs 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.
Rolphs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rolphs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rolphs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rolphs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rolphs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rolphs 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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