Best PlacesAspen Hill, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Aspen Hill, 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.
Aspen Hill ranks 1,299th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Aspen Hill
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.
Aspen Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Aspen Hill ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of cities
- TransitBetter than 86% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of cities
- BikingBetter than 81% of cities
Where Aspen Hill ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 4% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,745 a month, better than only 6% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Aspen Hill
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Aspen Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $124,680, 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 Aspen Hill's effective rate of 0.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Aspen Hill
Aspen Hill's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Aspen Hill.
Who works in Aspen Hill, and how
Work in Aspen Hill centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Aspen Hill
Aspen Hill has more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. The coast is about 39 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Aspen Hill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Aspen Hill, month by month
Aspen Hill sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Aspen Hill
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 17 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 Aspen Hill
Schools across Aspen Hill average a C, better than 32% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Lucy V. Barnsley ElementaryA− · 61% proficient
- Garrett Park ElementaryB · 49% proficient
- Flower Valley ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tilden MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Julius West MiddleB · 45% proficient
- William H. Farquhar MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Walter Johnson HighA · 79% proficient
- Richard Montgomery HighA · 70% proficient
- Rockville HighA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Aspen Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Aspen Hill 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 Aspen Hill against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Aspen Hill suits
Common questions about living in Aspen Hill
Is Aspen Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Aspen Hill ranks 1,299th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, transit, and tree cover, and lowest on taxes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Aspen Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $547,367. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $124,680 median income, cost of living beats 63% of cities.
Is Aspen Hill safe?
Aspen Hill is safer than 5% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $591 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Aspen Hill?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 25. That works out to about 60 pleasant days a year, more than 8% of cities.
Is Aspen Hill good for families?
Schools beat 32% of cities, crime safety beats 5%, and childcare runs $1,745 a month.
Compare Aspen Hill with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Aspen Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Aspen Hill 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.
Aspen Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Aspen Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Aspen Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Aspen Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Aspen Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Aspen Hill 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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