Best PlacesUpper Hill, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Upper Hill, 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.
Upper Hill ranks 48,555th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Upper Hill
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.
Upper Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Upper Hill ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 66% of towns
Where Upper Hill ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Upper Hill
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Upper Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,815, 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 Upper Hill's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Upper Hill
Upper Hill 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 Upper Hill.
Who works in Upper Hill, and how
Work in Upper Hill centers on education and wholesale trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Upper Hill
The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Upper Hill, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Upper Hill, month by month
Upper Hill sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Upper Hill
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Upper Hill
Schools across Upper Hill average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carter G Woodson ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Somerset 6/7 Intermediate SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Crisfield Academy And High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Washington Academy And High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Upper Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Upper Hill 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 Upper Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Upper Hill
Is Upper Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Upper Hill ranks 48,555th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, big-city access, and quiet, and lowest on taxes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Upper Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $139,000. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $58,815 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Upper Hill safe?
Upper Hill is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $884 per resident a year.
Compare Upper Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Upper Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Upper Hill 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.
Upper Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Upper Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Upper Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Upper Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Upper Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Upper Hill 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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