Best PlacesSharpsburg, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sharpsburg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sharpsburg ranks 19,431st 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 Sharpsburg
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.
Sharpsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sharpsburg ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- Household income$92,990 median, better than 79% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 78% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 76% of towns
Where Sharpsburg 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 commute37.3 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sharpsburg
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sharpsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,990, 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 Sharpsburg's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Sharpsburg
Sharpsburg 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 Sharpsburg.
Who works in Sharpsburg, and how
Work in Sharpsburg centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sharpsburg
Sharpsburg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Sharpsburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sharpsburg, month by month
Sharpsburg sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Sharpsburg
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 38 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sharpsburg
Schools across Sharpsburg average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sharpsburg ElementaryC · 33% proficient
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryD · 19% proficient
- Fountain Rock ElementaryD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Boonsboro MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Springfield MiddleC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Barbara Ingram School For The ArtsA · 70% proficient
- Boonsboro HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sharpsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sharpsburg 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 Sharpsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sharpsburg
Is Sharpsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sharpsburg ranks 19,431st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, what local pay buys, and high incomes, 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 Sharpsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $315,083. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $92,990 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Sharpsburg safe?
Yes, Sharpsburg is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
Compare Sharpsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sharpsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sharpsburg 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.
Sharpsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sharpsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sharpsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sharpsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sharpsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sharpsburg 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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