Best PlacesWicomico Church, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wicomico Church, 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.
Wicomico Church ranks 20,801st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wicomico Church
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.
Wicomico Church's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wicomico Church ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
Where Wicomico Church ranks low
- Short commute46.7 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wicomico Church
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wicomico Church home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,653, 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 Wicomico Church's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wicomico Church
Wicomico Church 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 Wicomico Church.
Who works in Wicomico Church, and how
Work in Wicomico Church centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Wicomico Church
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Wicomico Church, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wicomico Church, month by month
Wicomico Church sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Wicomico Church
The nearest airport, Newport News/Williamsburg International, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wicomico Church
Schools across Wicomico Church average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northumberland ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northumberland MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Northumberland HighB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wicomico Church school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wicomico Church 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 Wicomico Church against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wicomico Church
Is Wicomico Church a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wicomico Church ranks 20,801st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and a strong job market, and lowest on long commutes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wicomico Church expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $448,000. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $84,653 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Wicomico Church safe?
Yes, Wicomico Church is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
Compare Wicomico Church with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wicomico Church. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wicomico Church 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.
Wicomico Church detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wicomico Church: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wicomico Church: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wicomico Church: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wicomico Church: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wicomico Church 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.
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