Best PlacesWorton, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Worton, 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.
Worton ranks 33,441st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Worton
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.
Worton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Worton ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 79% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 75% of towns
Where Worton ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Worton
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Worton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $71,124; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Worton's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Worton
Worton 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 Worton.
Who works in Worton, and how
Work in Worton centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Worton
The coast is about 13 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Worton, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Worton, month by month
Worton sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Worton
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 32 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.3 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Worton
Schools across Worton average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Galena Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- H. H. Garnett ElementaryD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kent County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Kent County HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Worton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Worton 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 Worton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Worton
Is Worton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Worton ranks 33,441st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and health care access, 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 Worton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $287,556. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $71,124 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Worton safe?
Worton is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Worton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Worton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Worton 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.
Worton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Worton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Worton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Worton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Worton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Worton 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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