Best PlacesBaden, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Baden, 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.
Baden ranks 12,175th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Baden
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.
Baden's strengths and weaknesses
Where Baden ranks high
- Household income$186,101 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
Where Baden ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute44.1 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Baden
A household needs to earn about $156,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Baden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $186,101, 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 Baden's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Baden
Baden runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Baden.
Who works in Baden, and how
Work in Baden centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 37%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Baden
The coast is about 38 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Baden, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Baden, month by month
Baden sees roughly 62 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 Baden
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 20 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 Baden
Schools across Baden average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Baden ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gwynn Park MiddleD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Gwynn Park HighC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Baden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Baden 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 Baden against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Baden
Is Baden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Baden ranks 12,175th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, what local pay buys, and big-city access, and lowest on taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Baden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $591,322. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $186,101 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Baden safe?
Baden is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $610 per resident a year.
Compare Baden with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Baden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Baden 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.
Baden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Baden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Baden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Baden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Baden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Baden 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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