Best PlacesAndrews AFB, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Andrews AFB, 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.
Andrews AFB ranks 23,120th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Andrews AFB
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.
Andrews AFB's strengths and weaknesses
Where Andrews AFB ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute16.6 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Andrews AFB ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
Who lives in Andrews AFB
Andrews AFB runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Andrews AFB.
Who works in Andrews AFB, and how
Work in Andrews AFB centers on public administration and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Andrews AFB
Andrews AFB has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 30 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Andrews AFB and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Andrews AFB, month by month
Andrews AFB sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Andrews AFB
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 8 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 Andrews AFB
Schools across Andrews AFB average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Imagine Andrews Public CharterC− · 28% proficient
- Francis T. Evans ElementaryD · 19% proficient
- Melwood ElementaryD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- James Madison MiddleD− · 18% proficient
- Stephen Decatur MiddleD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. HighC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Andrews AFB school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Andrews AFB 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 Andrews AFB against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Andrews AFB
Is Andrews AFB a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Andrews AFB ranks 23,120th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, big-city access, and short commutes, and lowest on taxes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Andrews AFB safe?
Andrews AFB is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $609 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Andrews AFB?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 47 with lows near 27. That works out to about 61 pleasant days a year, more than 10% of towns.
Compare Andrews AFB with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Andrews AFB. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Andrews AFB 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.
Andrews AFB detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Andrews AFB: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Andrews AFB: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Andrews AFB: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Andrews AFB: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Andrews AFB 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.
- 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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