Best PlacesChinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore, 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.
Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore ranks 1,990th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore
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.
Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Household income$124,473 median, better than 83% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
Where Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- School gradeF, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $124,473, 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 Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore's effective rate of 1.50%, 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 Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore
Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore.
Who works in Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore, and how
Work in Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 51%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 22%
Life in Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore
Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore has more parkland per resident than 76% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 18 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore, month by month
Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 39° | 33° |
| April | 68° | 59° | 51° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 71° | 63° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 13 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 Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore
Schools across Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore average an F, better than 3% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Stoneleigh ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- West Towson ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins PartnershipF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dumbarton MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Vanguard Collegiate MiddleF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Towson HighB+ · 55% proficient
- The Reach! Partnership SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore 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 Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 92% of neighborhoods and 27% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore
Is Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore ranks 1,990th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a stable housing market, and an educated workforce, and lowest on state infrastructure and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $346,733. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $124,473 median income, cost of living beats 92% of neighborhoods.
Is Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore safe?
Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore is safer than 50% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $447 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 33. That works out to about 96 pleasant days a year, more than 50% of neighborhoods.
Is Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore good for families?
Schools beat 3% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 50%, and childcare runs $1,107 a month.
Compare Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore 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.
Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore 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.
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