Best PlacesStill Pond, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Still Pond, 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.
Still Pond ranks 27,897th 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 Still Pond
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.
Still Pond's strengths and weaknesses
Where Still Pond ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
Where Still Pond 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
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Still Pond
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Still Pond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $80,968; 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 Still Pond's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Still Pond
Still Pond 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 Still Pond.
Who works in Still Pond, and how
Work in Still Pond centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Still Pond
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Still Pond, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Still Pond, month by month
Still Pond sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Still Pond
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Still Pond
Schools across Still Pond average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Galena Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kent County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Kent County HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Still Pond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Still Pond 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 Still Pond against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Still Pond
Is Still Pond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Still Pond ranks 27,897th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and an educated workforce, 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 Still Pond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $319,350. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $80,968 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Still Pond safe?
Still Pond is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $488 per resident a year.
Compare Still Pond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Still Pond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Still Pond 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.
Still Pond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Still Pond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Still Pond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Still Pond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Still Pond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Still Pond 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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