Best PlacesWhite Point Beach, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around White Point Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
White Point Beach ranks 2,697th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in White Point 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.
White Point Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where White Point Beach ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$153,350 median, better than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
Where White Point Beach 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
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in White Point Beach
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median White Point Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $153,350, 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 White Point Beach's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in White Point Beach
White Point Beach runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for White Point Beach.
Who works in White Point Beach, and how
Work in White Point Beach centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in White Point Beach
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across White Point Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in White Point Beach, month by month
White Point Beach sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 70° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of White Point Beach
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 48 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around White Point Beach
Schools across White Point Beach average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Leonardtown ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Leonardtown MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Leonardtown HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every White Point Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
White Point 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 White Point Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in White Point Beach
Is White Point Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, White Point Beach ranks 2,697th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, 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 White Point Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $491,200. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $153,350 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is White Point Beach safe?
Yes, White Point Beach is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $217 per resident a year.
Compare White Point Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to White Point Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in White Point 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.
White Point Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for White Point Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in White Point Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of White Point Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in White Point Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
White Point 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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