Best PlacesSlaughter Beach, DE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Slaughter Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Slaughter Beach ranks 14,344th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Slaughter Beach
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.
Slaughter Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Slaughter Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
Where Slaughter Beach ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Slaughter Beach
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Slaughter Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $91,807, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Slaughter Beach's effective rate of 0.38%, 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 Slaughter Beach
Slaughter Beach 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 Slaughter Beach.
Who works in Slaughter Beach, and how
Work in Slaughter Beach centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Slaughter Beach
The coast is about 3 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Slaughter Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Slaughter Beach, month by month
Slaughter Beach sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Slaughter Beach
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Slaughter Beach
Schools across Slaughter Beach average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ross (lulu M.) Elementary SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Milford Central AcademyD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Milford Senior High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Slaughter Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Slaughter Beach 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 Slaughter Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Slaughter Beach
Is Slaughter Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Slaughter Beach ranks 14,344th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, an educated workforce, and health care access, and lowest on the weather and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Slaughter Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $492,596. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $91,807 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Slaughter Beach safe?
Slaughter Beach is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $257 per resident a year.
Compare Slaughter Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Slaughter Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Slaughter Beach 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.
Slaughter Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Slaughter Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Slaughter Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Slaughter Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Slaughter Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Slaughter Beach 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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