Best PlacesWoolford, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woolford, 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.
Woolford ranks 41,647th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Woolford
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.
Woolford's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woolford ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of towns
Where Woolford ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% 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 Woolford
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woolford home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,656, 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 Woolford's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Woolford
Woolford 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 Woolford.
Who works in Woolford, and how
Work in Woolford centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Woolford
The coast is about 12 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Woolford, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woolford, month by month
Woolford sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 67° | 57° | 48° |
| July | 87° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 61° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Woolford
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woolford
Schools across Woolford average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Dorchester SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Maple Elementary SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mace's Lane Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Cambridge-south Dorchester High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woolford school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woolford 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 Woolford against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woolford
Is Woolford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woolford ranks 41,647th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, big-city access, and quiet, and lowest on taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woolford expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $311,318. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $71,656 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Woolford safe?
Woolford is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Woolford with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woolford. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woolford 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.
Woolford detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woolford: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woolford: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woolford: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woolford: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woolford 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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