Best PlacesBurtonsville, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burtonsville, 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.
Burtonsville ranks 13,618th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Burtonsville
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.
Burtonsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burtonsville ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$137,690 median, better than 96% of towns
Where Burtonsville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,745 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% 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 Burtonsville
A household needs to earn about $127,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burtonsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $137,690, 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 Burtonsville's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Burtonsville
Burtonsville'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 Burtonsville.
Who works in Burtonsville, and how
Work in Burtonsville centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Burtonsville
Burtonsville has more parkland per resident than 83% of towns. The coast is about 30 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Burtonsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Burtonsville, month by month
Burtonsville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, 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 | 45° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Burtonsville
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 15 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.3 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Burtonsville
Schools across Burtonsville average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fulton ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
- Cloverly ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
- Burtonsville ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lime Kiln MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- William H. Farquhar MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Briggs Chaney MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Reservoir HighA− · 66% proficient
- James Hubert Blake HighB+ · 51% proficient
- Paint Branch HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burtonsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burtonsville 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 Burtonsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Burtonsville
Is Burtonsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burtonsville ranks 13,618th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, few empty homes, and big-city access, and lowest on taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burtonsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $485,102. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $137,690 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Burtonsville safe?
Burtonsville is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $629 per resident a year.
Compare Burtonsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burtonsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burtonsville 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.
Burtonsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burtonsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burtonsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burtonsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burtonsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burtonsville 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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