Best PlacesBryans Road, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bryans Road, 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.
Bryans Road ranks 17,598th 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 Bryans Road
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.
Bryans Road's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bryans Road ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$124,735 median, better than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
Where Bryans Road ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute44.7 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bryans Road
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bryans Road home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $124,735, 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 Bryans Road's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bryans Road
Bryans Road'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 Bryans Road.
Who works in Bryans Road, and how
Work in Bryans Road centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Bryans Road
Bryans Road has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 12 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bryans Road and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bryans Road, month by month
Bryans Road sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, 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 | 48° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 72° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Bryans Road
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 15 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 Bryans Road
Schools across Bryans Road average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gale-bailey Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
- J. C. Parks Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
- Indian Head Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Matthew Henson Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
- General Smallwood Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Henry E. Lackey High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bryans Road school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bryans Road 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 Bryans Road against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bryans Road
Is Bryans Road a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bryans Road ranks 17,598th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, big-city access, and high incomes, 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 Bryans Road expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $389,319. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $124,735 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Bryans Road safe?
Bryans Road is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $385 per resident a year.
Compare Bryans Road with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bryans Road. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bryans Road 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.
Bryans Road detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bryans Road: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bryans Road: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bryans Road: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bryans Road: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bryans Road 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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