Best PlacesStarkey Corner, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Starkey Corner, 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.
Starkey Corner ranks 22,789th 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 Starkey Corner
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.
Starkey Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Starkey Corner ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 73% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 73% of towns
Where Starkey Corner 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 commute34.5 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Starkey Corner
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Starkey Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,300, 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 Starkey Corner's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Starkey Corner
Starkey Corner 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 Starkey Corner.
Who works in Starkey Corner, and how
Work in Starkey Corner centers on health care & social and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Starkey Corner
The coast is about 23 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Starkey Corner, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Starkey Corner, month by month
Starkey Corner sees roughly 78 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 Starkey Corner
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 37 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 Starkey Corner
Schools across Starkey Corner average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Church Hill Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Centreville Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Sudlersville Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Queen Anne's County High SchoolB · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Starkey Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Starkey Corner 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 Starkey Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Starkey Corner
Is Starkey Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Starkey Corner ranks 22,789th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, 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 Starkey Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $404,179. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $81,300 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Starkey Corner safe?
Yes, Starkey Corner is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $260 per resident a year.
Compare Starkey Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Starkey Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Starkey Corner 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.
Starkey Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Starkey Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Starkey Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Starkey Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Starkey Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Starkey Corner 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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