Best PlacesScaggsville, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Scaggsville, 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.
Scaggsville ranks 295th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Scaggsville
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.
Scaggsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Scaggsville ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of cities
- Household income$163,177 median, better than 95% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of cities
Where Scaggsville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 4% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,745 a month, better than only 6% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Scaggsville
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Scaggsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $163,177, 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 Scaggsville's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Scaggsville
Scaggsville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Scaggsville.
Who works in Scaggsville, and how
Work in Scaggsville centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Scaggsville
Scaggsville has more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. The coast is about 25 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Scaggsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Scaggsville, month by month
Scaggsville sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Scaggsville
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 11 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 Scaggsville
Schools across Scaggsville average a B, better than 61% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Pointers Run ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Fulton ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
- Hammond ElementaryC+ · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lime Kiln MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Hammond Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Murray Hill MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Atholton HighA · 74% proficient
- Reservoir HighA− · 66% proficient
- Hammond HighB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Scaggsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Scaggsville 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 Scaggsville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Scaggsville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of cities and 25% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Scaggsville
Is Scaggsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Scaggsville ranks 295th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and heat safety, 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 Scaggsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $524,869. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $163,177 median income, cost of living beats 97% of cities.
Is Scaggsville safe?
Scaggsville is safer than 48% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $318 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Scaggsville?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 27. That works out to about 77 pleasant days a year, more than 40% of cities.
Is Scaggsville good for families?
Schools beat 61% of cities, crime safety beats 48%, and childcare runs $1,745 a month.
Compare Scaggsville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Scaggsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Scaggsville 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.
Scaggsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Scaggsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Scaggsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Scaggsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Scaggsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Scaggsville 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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