Best PlacesUnion Corner, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Union 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.
Union Corner ranks 38,530th 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 Union 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.
Union Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Union Corner ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
Where Union Corner ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Union Corner
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Union Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $69,138, 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 Union Corner's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Union Corner
Union Corner's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Union Corner.
Who works in Union Corner, and how
Work in Union Corner centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Union Corner
The coast is about 40 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Union Corner, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Union Corner, month by month
Union Corner sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Union Corner
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Union Corner
Schools across Union Corner average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greensboro Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lockerman Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- North Caroline High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Union Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Union 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 Union Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Union Corner
Is Union Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Union Corner ranks 38,530th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, a strong job market, and tree cover, and lowest on taxes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Union Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $388,800. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $69,138 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Union Corner safe?
Union Corner is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $412 per resident a year.
Compare Union Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Union Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Union 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.
Union Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Union Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Union Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Union Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Union Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Union 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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