Best PlacesYarrowsburg, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yarrowsburg, 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.
Yarrowsburg ranks 18,327th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Yarrowsburg
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.
Yarrowsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yarrowsburg ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$96,528 median, better than 82% of towns
Where Yarrowsburg 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
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yarrowsburg
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yarrowsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,528, 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 Yarrowsburg'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 Yarrowsburg
Yarrowsburg runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Yarrowsburg.
Who works in Yarrowsburg, and how
Work in Yarrowsburg centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Yarrowsburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yarrowsburg.
What the weather is like in Yarrowsburg, month by month
Yarrowsburg sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, 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 | 43° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Yarrowsburg
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 32 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yarrowsburg
Schools across Yarrowsburg average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Boonsboro MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Boonsboro HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yarrowsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yarrowsburg 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 Yarrowsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yarrowsburg
Is Yarrowsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yarrowsburg ranks 18,327th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, civic engagement, 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 Yarrowsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,400. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $96,528 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Yarrowsburg safe?
Yes, Yarrowsburg is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
Compare Yarrowsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yarrowsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yarrowsburg 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.
Yarrowsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yarrowsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yarrowsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yarrowsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yarrowsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yarrowsburg 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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